5 things to know about Illinois’ new school rating system -Illinois Policy

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The board says the overhaul will make school ratings clearer and fairer. The changes also remove some key measures and reshape how performance is judged. Yet at a time when nearly half of Illinois students can’t read at grade level and even fewer are proficient in math, the board’s overhaul will change how schools are labeled but not how they perform.