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Intervention key to addressing 'alarming' rates of chronic absenteeism, educators say
Oct 31, 2022 6:23 AM - With 30% chronic absenteeism reported statewide last school year, school leaders across the suburbs are exploring different approaches to improving student attendance rates this fall. -
More staff, extra learning time help McHenry County schools recover from COVID-19
Oct 30, 2022 8:59 AM - The 2022 Illinois School Report Card released Thursday designated 90 of 98 eligible schools across McHenry and Kane counties as "commendable." Adding more teaching staff is one way schools have responded to the learning loss and emotional issues arising from the pandemic.
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'It's going to take time': Suburban schools see modest gains in achievement scores
Oct 27, 2022 10:07 PM - Schools statewide saw a 12-year high for graduation rates, but the state report card shows much work still is needed to reach pre-pandemic academic achievement levels. -
DuPage County schools bouncing back more strongly from COVID-19 learning loss than others
Oct 27, 2022 11:54 AM - With much of the state looking at a long recovery from the learning loss suffered during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Illinois School Report Card data indicates DuPage County schools are bouncing back more strongly and quickly. -
The post-pandemic changes Lake County school leaders credit for modest report card gains
Oct 27, 2022 10:17 AM - Schools across Lake County are seeing modest increases in student performance on standardized tests, newly released 2022 Illinois School Report Card data shows. And that's likely the result of intervention efforts by school districts to provide struggling students with more resources, officials say. -
'Doing the work that's necessary': Fox Valley schools show promising signs of growth
Oct 27, 2022 10:11 AM - School report cards show some signs of growth in Fox Valley schools, but they also indicate the schools still have work to do to reach pre-pandeimc levels. -
What Northwest suburban SAT scores show about pandemic's impact, schools' recovery
Oct 27, 2022 10:09 AM - The Northwest suburbs are home to the state's two largest high school districts, whose SAT data in the new Illinois School Report Card reflects the pandemic's complicated impacts on education and the early recovery from them. -
'Absolutely on the right track': State school report card shows signs of student growth
Oct 24, 2022 6:15 AM - Illinois students appear to be showing signs of academic rebound after significant performance slippage from two years of learning disruption during the COVID-19 pandemic. That's according to the 2022 Illinois School Report Card data that will be released Thursday. -
Lawmakers concerned about plan to increase frequency of standardized tests
Dec 14, 2021 7:14 PM - Thirty-seven Illinois state lawmakers are asking the state education board to apply due diligence before voting on a new, multimillion-dollar standardized testing system. -
For Northwest suburban school leaders, report card data during pandemic comes with asterisk
Dec 12, 2021 9:54 AM - While the significance of students' standarized test scores is often debated, the picture painted by the data in this year's COVID-impacted Illinois Report Card is being scrutinized even more strongly by local school districts.
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