Chalkbeat Chicago
Chicago Public Schools students’ reading scores are recovering faster since the pandemic than most school districts across the country, according to a new national report.
The district’s surprising rebound, documented by researchers at Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University and The Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford University, also found the state of Illinois led the nation in reading growth between 2022 and 2023 and is one of just four states to return to pre-pandemic achievement levels...