CPS officials reported no major disruptions at schools as the illinois standards achievement test got underway Tuesday. The ISAT is a multiday exam required of all students in grades three through ...

Expect your child to spend hours a day feeling antsy and filling out bubbles with a No. 2 pencil to start the month. It’s ISAT time-aka Illinois Standard Achievement Test time, and Illinois state law ...

Hundreds of children in Chicago will opt out of the state's standardized testing next week. At a press conference on Monday, parent Cassandra Creswell held up paperwork from the 11 tests given to ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- Next week starts ISAT testing and a parents' group is calling for a boycott. Julie Fain, a parent and organizer of More Than A Score, says there are too many tests as is and holding ...

Upset that her third and fifth grade daughters could be questioned without her permission about her decision to opt them out of ISAT testing, Racquel Chavez came to Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy to ...

Students will take the Illinois Standards Achievement Test earlier next year, and area educators are concerned about the impact of less preparation time. The state board of education sets specific ...

Third- through eighth-graders across the state will take the Illinois Standards Acheivement Tests this week to see if their skills are up to state standards. Many local schools are holding events to ...

The number of students who meet or exceed standards imposed by state testing is expected to decrease in Oak Park, River Forest and many other areas in the region and state this year as school ...

The test is being phased out and will no longer be used to measure a student's progress when attempting to enroll in certain schools. Just as this horrible winter winds down, in March it's ISAT time ...

Teachers at Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy declared victory Tuesday, saying their protest of the state’s Illinois Standards Achievement Test is working. Teachers at Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy ...