Students get some help on ISAT, but not for reading portion

Quarterly assessments. Semester exams. The Illinois Standards Achievement Test.

Students take a lot of tests during the school year. But it's the ISAT that is going to determine if students – and therefore each school and the district as a whole – are meeting state standards for learning.

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