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5 Essentials Survey
Illinois 5Essentials Survey
The 2025-2026 Illinois 5Essentials Survey will open February 9, 2026 through March 13, 2026 for parents.
Prior research in more than 400 schools has shown that schools that were strong on at least three of these “5 Essential” indicators were 10 times more likely to improve student learning gains in math and reading than those that were weak on three or more essentials. All teachers and 4th- 12th grade students will be responding to the survey.
Your participation in the parent portion of the survey is important and will help guide improvement!
Student participants will be required to log-in using their state student ID and birth date to complete the survey. Students’ identities will be completely confidential. Teachers or administrators will never see individual responses to survey questions and will only receive aggregated information.
