MADISON (WXOW) -- Wisconsin releases a
preliminary school report card that shows most of the state's schools, meet or exceed expectations.
The Department of Public Instruction released the report
cards Monday morning, the first year it has done so.
State Superintendent
Tony Evers says, "These preliminary report cards provide valuable information
for parents and educators as a foundation for helping all of our schools improve
and I encourage looking beyond the score or rating. Whereas, the majority of
schools meet or exceed expectations, detailed report cards provide data that
will help them get even better."
School report cards are on a scale of zero to 100 and look
at student achievement, student growth in reading and math, closing gaps for
reading and math achievement and graduation, and on-track and post secondary
readiness. Those ranges put schools into one of five ratings, from significantly
exceeds expectations to fails to meet expectations. In this first year for the
report cards, 85.8 percent of rated schools meet or exceed expectations. Only 76
schools in the entire state failed to meet expectations.
"We worked with parents, educators, and members of the
business community as well as the District and School Accountability Design Team
to develop Wisconsin's new school report cards so they would be fair, reliable,
and understandable," Evers said. "The report cards reflect a better, more
comprehensive way of measuring schools' effectiveness at helping our students
graduate ready for college and career. The report cards will change over time as
we add data to improve our accountability system, including more options for
high school students to demonstrate college and career readiness."
To check how your child's school did, click
here for the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
