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Although growth slowed significantly during the pandemic, the 2022 baseline student growth percentile on this year’s state report card shows that academic growth is heading in the right direction.
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Growth slightly outperformed pre-pandemic levels in reading and math — a trend that state officials attribute to pandemic relief funds.
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The governor's changes come despite growing concerns about new coronavirus variants that appear more able to evade immunity.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker is ending Illinois’ COVID-19 vaccine mandate for college students and faculty and easing some testing requirements for unvaccinated health care workers.
The Illinois state board of education decided on Wednesday not to make changes to the current end-of year assessment for now.