Questions persist as student metrics improve – Center Square

The latest Illinois Report Card shows improved student achievement numbers, but it is not clear if billions of additional taxpayer dollars helped fuel the academic gains. “With a number of folks pointing out that we are not seeing the same kind of gains when we look at another assessment, which is the National Assessment of Education Progress, there have been questions about whether the scores are getting higher in a way that's really not reflective of students' underlying skills,” said Elaine Allensworth, of the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research.
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