But what lies behind those scores, released last week, is a more vital aspect of the state’s education system: the Illinois Learning Standards. Created in 1997, ...

Ron Grossman recently critiqued the Illinois Learning Standards (Perspective, Aug. 3). He subsequently received harsh criticism in a letter from Michael J. Palmisano of the Illinois Mathematics ...

DECATUR - Just reading the Illinois State Learning Standards used to be enough to bring on a headache: One goal and its subheads in one subject takes up several printed ...

Transition to the new K-12 Illinois Learning Standards is not without its bumps, but some local educators say the occasionally rocky road will be worth the effort.

High school students in Illinois will soon be able to earn direct admission to most in-state public universities and ...

Despite earning a master’s degree in engineering, Oscar Vallencourt can barely decipher his son’s fourth-grade math work. Chris Ball is fed up with the “dull and confusing” reading homework his 9-year ...

The 2023 Illinois Report Card, released by the Illinois State Board of Education last month, showed glimpses of students beginning to bounce back in learning levels and test scores after pandemic ...

When it comes to standards, assessments, and accountability, most of the attention has been focused on state policymaking, on the one hand, and individual schools, on the other. After all, states ...

Illinois students are not learning, but instead of boosting the quality of education state leaders are trying to lower ...

Data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress report card shows that in Illinois, just 30% of fourth graders are hitting such standards.

Illinois educators try to tackle pandemic learning loss with high-impact tutoring. ... about 28% of the students in the Park Forest school district met standards in English.