• Caroline Kubzansky
    NOV 28, 2021
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    Illinois schools confront pandemic reality of slower academic progress in new data

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    Illinois schools saw setbacks to students’ academic progress due to the COVID-19 pandemic, new data shows. [Unsplash/CDC]

    Enrollment, graduation rates and math proficiency rates have all ebbed in Illinois schools during the last year, according to data released this month from the Illinois State Board of Education.

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