Valley View Community Unit School District 365U officials will be mailing out letters to some elementary and middle school parents warning them that students may score lower on a state test due to the ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Students at Chicago Public Schools begin taking the ISAT exam this week, but many teachers are refusing to administer the test, and many parents say they won't let their kids take part ...

Please check your inbox for your confirmation. Students in Chicago elementary schools begin state standardized testing Tuesday. Indeed, all around Illinois, it’s ISAT time. The test carries high ...

While elementary and middle school test scores at Valley View Community Unit School District 365U dropped precipitously this year as a result of more stringent state standards, district officials are ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Many parents of students at a Bucktown elementary school are outraged Chicago Public Schools lawyers pulled their kids out of class Thursday to question them about opting out of a ...

A Chicago Public Schools parent explains why her family joined the boycott of the Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT), in a post from the Chill Mama blog. I'M PROUD to say my kids are getting a ...

Teachers at a second Chicago public school are saying they’ll refuse to give their students the mandated Illinois Standards Achievement Test next week, setting the stage for a potential showdown with ...

Teachers at a second Chicago school have announced they will not administer the Illinois Standard Achievement Test to their students, according to the Chicago Teachers Union. Teachers and parents at ...

Amber Myers needed to score 224 to pass the state’s standardized reading test. She got 223 her freshman year. Then 221 and 220 the following years. This year is her last chance. Myers is one local ...

The ISAT test - administered to students in third through eighth grade - tests them on what they learned over the past school year. Teachers spend the better part of the year preparing for the test, ...