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School achievement scores little changed from last year

(MCT) — Scores on state achievement tests barely budged in 2012, with results still troubling for Illinois high school students.

About half of all 11th-graders flunked the Prairie State Achievement Examination, which includes the ACT college entrance exam, and most juniors were not considered prepared for key college classes based on their scores, according to data being released Wednesday as part of the Illinois State Board of Education's annual School Report Cards.

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