Test results show 18.2% of Menard County students passed the Mathematics portion of the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education .

The number of Menard County students who succeeded rose by 1.8% compared to the previous school year.

Monroe County had the highest success rate across the state, with 50.0% of its students passing the Mathematics portion of the IAR. Schools in Alexander County, on the other hand, performed the worst, with 97.1% of students failing to meet test requirements.

The Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) measures how well students in grades 3-8 are progressing toward state standards in English language arts and mathematics.

Recent IAR data shows that while Illinois students improve

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