Both Republicans and Democrats have said STAAR sets students up for failure, raising questions about basing a state takeover on the test’s results.

Given every two years to a sample of America’s children, the National Assessment of Educational Progress is considered one of ...

This year’s report card shows there are still wide gaps between racial and ethnic groups in some area. In high school ...

The Illinois Assessment of Readiness, or IAR, has been the state’s federally mandated measurement of students’ mastery of the state standards in English language arts and math since 2015.

Illinois students are showing continued growth in mathematics and especially English language arts and mathematics, outpacing ...

Gifted programs could be shutting out millions of high-performing Black and Latino children from low-income families. Can ...