And They're Demanding Raises?

If you can't meet the standards, just lower them!

• Most Illinois students are struggling to read or do math at grade level on their end of year state assessments. The State Board of Education’s solution? Lower the standards.

  The board of education approved a plan to lower the scores needed to be considered proficient in reading and math on the Illinois Assessment of Readiness. It also determined the scores needed to be considered proficient in reading and math for 11th graders as the state moves from the SAT to ACT as the state-required assessment for high school students.

  The most recent state data available shows only 41% of students in third through eighth grade could read at grade level in 2024 and just 31% in 11th grade. In math, 28% of third through eighth graders were proficient and 26% of 11th graders

  New proficiency rates will be implemented on the 2025 Illinois Report card released in October, leaving Illinoisans unable to compare scores to previous years’ proficiency rates.

Got to love that last paragraph, making it impossible to actually assess the year-over-year improvements....or the far more likely, the declines.

Indiana resident and CTU boss Stacy Davis Gates still wants Fata$$ to come up with another billion-and-a-half while her members haven't successfully taught kids to read and do math at grade levels in years.

It is truly past time to break the CTU.