{"id":2397797,"date":"2025-02-01T11:22:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T16:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pritzker-celebrates-report-card-but-lawmaker-says-theres-no-reason-to-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-01T11:23:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T16:23:42","slug":"pritzker-celebrates-report-card-but-lawmaker-says-theres-no-reason-to-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pritzker-celebrates-report-card-but-lawmaker-says-theres-no-reason-to-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Pritzker celebrates \u2018report card,\u2019 but lawmaker says there\u2019s no reason to &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpritzker-celebrates-report-card-but-lawmaker-says-theres-no-reason-to-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2397797&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article \u2063discusses the recent \u2064release of the 2024 &#8220;Nation&#8217;s Report Card,&#8221; which indicates that Illinois students are struggling in reading and math despite Governor\u2064 J.B. Pritzker&#8217;s assertion that they are outperforming the national average. Wirepoints president Ted Dabrowski \u200dcriticizes the comparison with the national average, arguing that it masks the poor literacy rates among students in Illinois, notably among Black\u200d eighth graders, where just 9% \u2063are proficient in math. <\/p>\n<p>State Rep. Reagan Deering expresses skepticism about increasing funding for education, pointing \u200bout \u2064Illinois already has high per-student spending \u200dwithout corresponding improvements in academic performance. \u200dBoth Dabrowski and deering emphasize the need for accountability and a focus on prioritizing spending to \u200dimprove student outcomes, rather than celebrating the NAEP \u200dresults when many students are \u2063not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ca-math-curriculum-encourages-social-justice-and-equity\/\" title=\"CA Math Curriculum promotes &#039;Social Justice&#039; and &#039;equity&#039;.\">meeting grade-level expectations<\/a>.\u2063 Despite contrasting views, State Superintendent of education Dr. Tony\u200c Sanders maintains that the results show steady progress, suggesting a divide in perceptions of educational performance in the state.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Pritzker celebrates &lsquo;report card,&rsquo; but lawmaker says there&rsquo;s no reason to<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1963768\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Squad) &ndash; The Nation&rsquo;s Report Card that measures how well students across the country are learning has just been released for 2024. The results for Illinois aren&rsquo;t good, according to Wirepoints president Ted Dabrowski.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Dabrowski said Illinois&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dad-explodes-on-local-woke-school-board-in-viral-video-god-is-going-to-judge-every-last-one-of-you\/\" title=\"Dad Explodes On Local Woke School Board In Viral Video: \u2018God Is Going To Judge Every Last One Of You\u2019\">8th grade students<\/a> outperforming national averages in both reading and math on &ldquo;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationsreportcard.gov\/profiles\/stateprofile\/overview\/IL?chort=1&amp;sub=MAT&amp;st=MN&amp;year=2024R3&amp;sfj=NP&amp;cti=PgTab_OT&amp;sj=IL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the nation&rsquo;s report card<\/a><\/strong>&rdquo; is not the metric to be looking at.<\/p>\n<p>The National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, has been dubbed the &ldquo;Nation&rsquo;s Report Card.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The right metric is to look and see how many kids are reading and that points at a disaster for Illinois,&rdquo; said Dabrowski. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a bad thing to compare to the national average when the national average has been collapsing, some of the worst scores in a long time.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>State Rep. Reagan Deering, R-Decatur, expects Chicago Public Schools to request more taxpayer money this legislative session. The Illinois State Board of Education is requesting an additional $497.2 million in this year&rsquo;s education budget, in total taxpayers are being asked to pay $11.4 billion in fiscal year 2026.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re trying to prepare our students for a successful future, whether that be continued education, [entering] the workforce, in general being a contributing member to our society. Illinois has some of the highest spending levels per pupil in the nation. If we were looking for direct correlation there, then our reading and math scores should be significantly higher than they are now. I don&rsquo;t necessarily feel that more spending is the answer. I think we need to take a hard look at prioritizing our spending,&rdquo; said Deering.<\/p>\n<p>Dabrowski points out neighboring states like Iowa, Kentucky and Indiana are spending $6,000 to $7,000 less per student, and they got the exact same proficiency results.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. J.B. Pritzker said in a statement that Illinois students are proving what he&rsquo;s always known, when schools are supported, students thrive.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Illinois students are proving what we&rsquo;ve always known &ndash; when we support our schools, our kids thrive,&rdquo; Pritzker said. &ldquo;The 2024 Nation&rsquo;s Report Card shows our 8th graders outperforming the national average in both math and reading, a testament to the great strides Illinois students are making academically.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Dabrowski said Pritzker can&rsquo;t make that statement if you actually look at the results for some of these kids.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Just 9% of Black eighth graders are proficient in math. That&rsquo;s horrific and sad. He should be adamant about exposing that, not us [Wirepoints,]&rdquo; said Dabrowski. &ldquo;He should be holding massive town halls and meetings to improve literacy, but instead he&rsquo;s just bragging about how good things are. You can&rsquo;t fix a problem if you don&rsquo;t acknowledge it, and Governor Pritzker won&rsquo;t acknowledge the problem.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Deering said in Illinois, there&rsquo;s a lot of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">high-paying administrative jobs<\/a> that account for a large part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teacher-diversity-scheme-gets-federal-funds-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Teacher diversity scheme gets federal funds - Washington Examiner\">school districts&#038;rsquo<\/a>; budgets. She points out Illinois schools don&rsquo;t have classroom assistants or response to intervention (RTI) staff members anymore.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I applaud citizens who are showing up to those [school board] meetings and highlighting their concerns about the education that their students are getting through Chicago Public Schools. When they have instances where building occupancy is less than 50%, there&rsquo;s got to be ways that we can save money and tighten up our spending and really put the priorities on the kids and their success, which is where it belongs,&rdquo; said Deering.<\/p>\n<p>Deering said Pritzker shouldn&rsquo;t be celebrating the NAEP results.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When two-thirds of our students can&rsquo;t read and do math at grade level, that&rsquo;s certainly nothing to celebrate,&rdquo; said Deering.<\/p>\n<p>Overall reading and math proficiencies derived from NAEP show Illinois 4th and 8th grade students were either the same or down compared to pre-covid 2019, according to Wirepoints&rsquo; analysis.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The latest NAEP results give Illinois students, educators, and families cause to celebrate with steady or increasing results seen on the &lsquo;Nation&rsquo;s Report Card&rsquo;,&rdquo; said State Superintendent of Education Dr. Tony Sanders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1963768\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1963768\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pritzker praises report card, but lawmaker sees no cause for joy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2397798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/j.%20B.%20Pritzker-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3914,32171,20657,33296,32076],"class_list":["post-2397797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-lawmaker","tag-political-commentary","tag-pritzker","tag-report-card","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/j.%20B.%20Pritzker-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2397797"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2397801,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397797\/revisions\/2397801"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2397798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2397797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2397797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2397797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}