Every year, I somewhat nerdily anticipate the public release of Illinois Report Card data that comes out around Halloween. It’s just part of the season: pumpkins, candy, election canvassing, and report card data. There is a LOT of good information in Illinois’ award-winning report card, so I recommend taking a look when you have some time.
Have you looked at your district’s data yet? Go check it out at IllinoisReportCard.com!
Here are a few highlights:
LITERACY SCORES…
…ARE UP and we’ve surpassed pre-COVID scores.
But the achievement gap between low-income and non-low income students has grown.
MATH SCORES…
…Are still lagging, but ISBE has announced it is gearing up to develop a State Numeracy Plan, just like we did for literacy.
HIGH SCHOOL LITERACY AND MATH SCORES…
…Are also still lagging.
But graduation rates continue to slowly rise, overall and among most cohorts.
CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM…
…Has gone down, but is still – unacceptably high. Over a quarter of IL students miss more than 10% of school days!
DISCIPLINARY INCIDENTS…
Increased from 250,351 to 253,314
But the number of students involved in disciplinary incidents decreased from 114,218 to 111,577.
