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U-46 equity update: assessment gains reported, district outlines strategies to reduce special-education disproportionality
Summary
The district's Equity & Innovation department reported multi-year gains on the Illinois Assessment of Readiness across several subgroups and outlined targeted strategies to reduce disproportionality in special-education identification; staff announced HBCU and HSI tours for students in late February 2026.
District equity leaders presented a multi-part update Dec. 15 describing organizational structure, assessment trends and targeted programming.
Dr. Johnson and Equity & Innovation directors summarized performance trends on the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) and said most student subgroups showed increases in the proportion meeting or exceeding proficiency over a five-year span. The presenters cited specific subgroup gains (for example, two-or-more-races and white student groups showed double-digit percent increases in some windows) while noting disparities persist and…
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