Thornton Fractional South High School represents a diverse school building located in the south suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. We are comprised of a traditional building for grades 9-12, with the exception of busing students to the District 215 Technical Center for vocational classes. We share these resources with our sister school TF North. Although we perform consistently better than the TFN, we lag behind the state averages on the ACT and PSAE. On the ACT, we are below the state average on the composite score as well as on all three recorded subcategories. We were closest to the state average in science and furthest away in reading. As for the PSAE test to measure students who meet and exceed standards, we are once again behind the state average. TFS tested an average of 40.5% of students to meet or exceed standards. Meanwhile, the Illinois state average was 53 percent. Currently, we are in Academic Monitoring Status Year 2. We have not been able to achieve Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) or the Safe Harbor target goal for reading and mathematics, which are the two target areas. Our goal as a school is to achieve the AYP and attempt to meet and exceed the state averages for the ACT and PSAE. Numbers can be misleading and at the same time provide in-depth data analysis that can provide valuable insights. As shown in the table above, Thornton Fractional South High School performs below average compared to the Illinois state averages for the ACT and PSAE. However, a demographic analysis reveals another story that becomes abundantly clear. Some of our students perform well on state tests while others perform very poorly. The white population in our building performs much better than the black population...... middle of paper ......archBySchool.aspx?searchby=schoolNa me&lingual=english&year=2010&keyword=thornton&type=card.Murray, O (2011, January). A call for K-12 schools to invest in social justice education. The Education Digest, 76(5), 60-64.News and opinions: After many years of repair, SAT test content now appears correct; The problem is how the results are used. (1997). The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, 28. Retrieved May 8, 2011, from ProQuest Education Journals. (Document ID: 494196011).Northern Illinois University with support from the Illinois State Board of Education. (Updated Friday April 29, 2011). School: Thornton Fractnl So High School. In the Illinois Interactive Newsletter. Retrieved April 30, 2011 from http://iirc.niu.edu/School.aspx?schoolid=070162150170002.Sheets, R. (2009). What is diversity pedagogy? Multicultural education, 16(3), 11-17.