Student test scores in Illinois plummet, offering first broad measure of the pandemic’s impact – WBEZ (Chicago)

October 29, 2021

Educators blame the impact of the coronavirus pandemic for the lower scores, the enrollment decline and higher absenteeism. These declines mirror national trends.

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