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English Learners Led Every Illinois Subgroup With an 8.3-Point Graduation Gain
Correction: This prepublication draft now aligns five-year rates to the prior year's four-year cohort and removes unsupported program and causal claims.
64 Illinois Districts Hit Available-Series High Chronic Absenteeism in 2025
Illinois's statewide chronic absenteeism rate improved in 2024-25, falling from 26.3% to 25.4%. That improvement, however modest, is real. But it masks a troubling counter-trend: 64 districts recorded...