In the 2023-24 school year, 57.9% of Sycamore Community Unit School District 427 students failed the ELA portion of the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education .

These students did not meet the required standards of the ELA portion of the IAR compared to the 42.1% who did.

The total number Sycamore Community Unit School District 427 students who failed their ELA assessments fell by 5.9% from the previous school year.

Sycamore Community Unit School District 427 roughly covers schools within DeKalb County and has a main office in Sycamore.

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

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