<p>Chicago State’s accreditation was renewed in fall 2010.
<a href=“http://archive.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/09/chicago-state-universitys-accreditation-renewed.html[/url]”>http://archive.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/09/chicago-state-universitys-accreditation-renewed.html</a>
It will be a while before we see the results of these programs.</p>
<p>This discussion is like comparing the Ohio Graduation Test pass rate between large high schools in a rich neighborhood school district and a poor neighborhood school district. The OGT is set up so that any section you don’t pass can be retaken again and again. “Percent passing the test” is an often quoted statistic.</p>
<p>District in rich neighborhood
900 seniors who are not eligible for free lunches. 100% pass the Graduation Test.
100 seniors who are eligible for free lunches. 10% pass the Graduation Test.
Overall rate of passing the Graduation Test: 91%</p>
<p>District in poor neighborhood
500 seniors who are not eligible for free lunches. 100% pass the Graduation Test.
500 seniors who are eligible for free lunches. 60% pass the Graduation Test.
Overall rate of passing the Graduation Test: 80%</p>
<p>The second school is better serving its students, but the scorecard item “Percent Passing the Ohio Graduation Test” shows the first school to be better. I live in an economically diverse suburb that is academically excellent and am often aggravated by comments on tables newspapers publish showing school districts and the “percent passing all sections of the OGT” I’m glad there are accredited, open admission colleges who give students who have not had great support and great opportunities in life another chance both at the admissions level as well as to complete degrees.</p>