Tag: Illinois State Board of Education
Beware the mirage of ‘percent proficient’
Illinois lowers cut scores, and Nebraska sets a 75% goal. But both highlight the problem: proficiency is whatever a state decides it is.
IL may get funds for migrant students after all
Illinois's state supt. has a plan for making up funds denied by the General Assembly to newly arriving migrant students.
IL parents file lawsuit seeking to end mask mandate
More than 100 IL parents are suing the state and school districts in order to end Gov Pritzker's mask mandate for school buildings.
IL brings 1000s back to school for SAT exam
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.