Daily Herald

Schools that spend less time on test prep and more time on instruction have better ACT scores.

That assessment comes from Elaine Allensworth, co-director at the University of Chicago's Consortium on Chicago School Research.

Allensworth spoke recently to the Alliance for College Readiness, a partnership between Elgin Community College and its feeder high schools. The educators gathered to learn about the college readiness lessons developed in the Chicago Public Schools...