Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A first grader sits down to color on the first day of the 2025 school year at Dunbar Elementary in East St. Louis. (Joshua ...

ILLINOIS, USA — Education officials in Illinois expect to see a significant increase this year in the percentage of students classified as proficient in reading, writing and math, along with a slight ...

COLUMBIANA — Crestview administrators have taken state testing scores, compared them to the state average, and developed goals for students to continue to succeed academically. Middle School Principal ...

Local schools are preparing students for upcoming state testing, with educators focusing on strategies to reduce test anxiety and help students perform their best.

In what is becoming an unfortunate annual tradition, statewide student testing is once again under attack in Jefferson City. This year, two bills — House Bill 1704 and Senate Bill 992 — would ...

A former East St. Louis student's story is a real-world example of why Illinois is changing benchmarks for state testing, the state board of education said. The 2023 graduate, who wasn't identified by ...