Chicago’s third to eighth grade students show signs of academic recovery on spring 2024 standardized state tests – Chalkbeat Chicago

Of Chicago students in third through eighth grade who took the Illinois Assessment of Readiness, or IAR, the state’s annual standardized test, about 30.5 percent met or exceeded the standard in reading and 18.3 percent met or exceeded the standard in math, the data shows. Compared to 2022-23, reading scores grew by 4.6 percentage points and math scores by just .8 points.