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Did Lee County students fail or pass their 2022-23 ELA tests?

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Tony Sanders State Superintendent of Education | Official Website

Tony Sanders State Superintendent of Education | Official Website

Results are in and 72.2% of Lee County students failed the ELA portion of the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) test in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

The number of students who failed their ELA assessment in Lee County rose by 6.6% compared to the previous school year.

In comparison, schools in Alexander County fared the worst among all Illinois counties, with 95.7% of students failing to meet test requirements.

At the other end of the spectrum, Woodford County had the highest success rate across the state, with 59.4% of its students passing the ELA portion of the IAR.

The IAR measures how well students in grades 3-8 are progressing in meeting the English Language Arts and Mathematics standards set by the state.

According to recent IAR data, the average ELA proficiency rate for Illinois students was 35.4% in 2023, while the math proficiency rate stood at 27.1%. However, data also indicates a significant achievement gap based on race and ethnicity.

White students demonstrated higher proficiency rates in both ELA and math compared to Black and Hispanic students. The ELA proficiency rate for white students was 45.6%, around twice higher than that of Black students (17%) and Hispanic students (23.3%).

The gap was even worse in math, with white students achieving a 37% proficiency rate, nearly five times higher than Black students (7.9%) and over twice higher than Hispanic students (14.4%).

Lee County's Students Failure Rates in ELA Over 4 Years
2017-182019-202020-212021-220%20%40%60%80%100%72.9%72.9%62.1%62.1%79.6%79.6%69.7%69.7%76.6%76.6%69.9%69.9%72.2%72.2%64.6%64.6%CountyState

Lee County Schools Students who Didn’t Meet Academic Standards in ELA During 2022-23 School Year
SchoolStudents who did not meet standards (%)Total students tested
Jefferson Elementary School90.7%162
Paw Paw Elementary School82.8%29
Reagan Middle School77%544
Ashton-Franklin Center Elementary School73.6%152
Ashton-Franklin Center High School71.4%70
Madison School71.1%369
Steward Elementary School63%46
Paw Paw Junior High School62.8%35
Amboy Junior High School62.2%212
Amboy Central Elementary School45.6%103

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