Performance expectations may increase for Illinois 3rd through 8th graders under a plan being discussed in Springfield.
The State Board of Education is considering upping the standards for the Illinois Standards Achievement Test or I-SAT. Board spokesman Matt Vanover says they want to make sure the test better measures whether or not students are learning what they need to. Vanover says the change would bring state standards more in line with other measurements for college readiness. He acknowledges that scores will likely drop under the new system.
If approved, the new I-SAT standards would begin this spring.