Illinois releases district-level data for school report cards showing declines across all demographics. Many students didn’t take the test.

Parent mentor Maria Perez works on reading skills wit Gianna Hernandez, left, and Neyman Carvjal, 2nd from right, in Jacquie Erickson’s 2nd grade dual language classroom at Jane Addams Elementary School on Dec. 1, 2021, in Palatine. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune)