What to know about the 2026 Illinois State Report Card and how schools in Chicago fared on key metrics
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. After the Illinois State Board of Education changed the parameters for how it measures school-level performance earlier this year, the number of public schools in the state that are considered Ex...
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What to know about the 2026 Illinois State Report Card and how schools in Chicago fared on key metrics
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. After the Illinois State Board of Education changed the parameters for how it measure...