A former East St. Louis student's story is a real-world example of why Illinois is changing benchmarks for state testing, the state board of education said. The 2023 graduate, who wasn't identified by ...

Illinois students are still struggling to get back to pre-COVID academic achievement levels in math and reading, according to the state’s latest school report card, which mirrors national trends ...

Education officials from five statewide organizations are pushing for fundamental changes in the way student achievement is measured each year and how schools are held accountable for meeting the ...

A coalition of teachers unions, advocates and parents’ groups are pushing a long list of changes to the standardized test Illinois elementary students take each spring. They are motivated by a widely ...