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PRITZKER’S ILLINOIS MOVES THE GOALPOSTS BY LOWERING MATH AND ENGLISH PROFICIENCY STANDARDS: Instead of fixing failing public schools, Governor JB Pritzker’s Illinois State Board of Education has lowered the testing cut scores required for students to be considered proficient in math and English. Before moving the goalposts, state testing showed dismal results across the board, with only 28% of students proficient in math and 39% to 41% proficient in reading (and just 31% reading and 26% math proficiency among 11th graders). Even after lowering the bar to grade on an easier curve, the latest Illinois Report Card shows only 39.2% of students are proficient in math and 55.4% in English language arts, meaning roughly 6 in 10 Illinois kids still cannot do grade-level math. Under Pritzker and Illinois Democrats, the solution to chronic academic failure isn't accountability or expanding school choice, it's rigging the grading scale to hide how badly public schools are failing your kids.