{"id":14031,"date":"2024-11-19T13:43:27","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T14:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=14031"},"modified":"2024-11-19T15:06:03","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T15:06:03","slug":"wisconsin-dpi-re-defines-mediocre-student-achievement-to-meets-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=14031","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin DPI Re-Defines Mediocre Student Achievement to \u201cMeets Expectations\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The News:<\/strong> The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) released the following statement, after the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) released new report card data. WILL believes the legislature should rein in DPI\u2019s ability to change accountability standards in education.<\/p>\n

The Quotes:<\/strong> WILL Research Director Will Flanders, stated, \u201cDPI has rewritten academic standards so that the only expectation is mediocrity, and Wisconsinites must not stand for it.\u00a0 Continual changes to both the Forward Exam and state report cards have created a \u2018Frankenstein\u2019s\u2019 monster of an accountability system that outright hides declining academic achievement. The legislature must act in 2025.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n

Additional Background:<\/strong> Since 2021, DPI has made several changes to the state\u2019s school accountability system that have made comparing academic progress impossible. In 2021, DPI changed cut scores<\/a> to the state report card, which had the effect of increasing some school district ratings, despite no academic improvement. In June 2024, DPI announced plans<\/a> to revise the terminology used to the Forward Exam. These changes marked a departure from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) own standards. Finally, in August of 2024, DPI announced<\/a> that they would make changes to the state\u2019s Forward Exam cut points and scores. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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Additionally, there are 12 public schools statewide that fall under 15% reading proficiency that garnered an accountability score of \u201cMeets Expectations\u201d or \u201cExceeds Expectations.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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