Illinois State Board of Education

Beware the mirage of ‘percent proficient’

By Paul Katula • Aug 22, 2025

Illinois lowers cut scores, and Nebraska sets a 75% goal. But both highlight the problem: proficiency is whatever a state decides it is.

By Paul Katula • Aug 13, 2024

Illinois's state supt. has a plan for making up funds denied by the General Assembly to newly arriving migrant students.

By Paul Katula • Oct 25, 2021

More than 100 IL parents are suing the state and school districts in order to end Gov Pritzker's mask mandate for school buildings.

By Paul Katula • Sep 23, 2020

Many IL seniors went back to their school buildings today to make up the SAT exam, which they missed last spring as juniors due to the pandemic.