Despite (Underly lead DPI) Forward Exam (rigor reduction), Madison students still score poorly
Among the changes are lower scoring standards for each performance level and different labels categorizing students. In an interview with CBS 58, state Superintendent Jill Underly said students “appeared to be doing worse than they really were” under the previous system.
Madison Metropolitan School District leaders this month offered the School Board a sneak peak at the district’s Forward Exam resultsusing the new bars for success. Less than half of third through eighth graders and 14% of Black students were considered proficient in literacy, according to the results.
School Board President Nichelle Nichols said she had a “visceral reaction” seeing the results. The scores show less than 20% of tested students with disabilities and about a quarter of English learners scored proficient in literacy.
Students fared worse on math portions of the test, with 45% of third through fifth graders and 41% of sixth through eighth graders scoring proficient in math. Among Black students, 8% of sixth through eighth graders and 12% of third through fifth graders scored proficient.
“These percentages look pretty much the same” as previous years despite state Department of Public Instruction officials lowering scoring standards and warning against comparisons, Nichols said in the board meeting.
If you want to fix a broken system, you have to pull money OUT, not put more money IN.
If you put more money IN, the system interprets it as a reward and uses the money to become even more broken.
We get this for businesses. We forget it for nonprofits and governments. 🤔Madison’s well funded k-12 system and city government are seeking substantial 607M+ tax and spending increases via referendum this fall.
Madison taxpayers of long supported far above average K – 12 spending.
The data clearly indicate that being able to read is not a requirement for graduation at (Madison) East, especially if you are black or Hispanic”
My Question to Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers on Teacher Mulligans and our Disastrous Reading Results
2017: West High Reading Interventionist Teacher’s Remarks to the School Board on Madison’s Disastrous Reading Results
Madison’s taxpayer supported K-12 school district, despite spending far more than most, has long tolerated disastrous reading results.
“An emphasis on adult employment”
Wisconsin Public Policy Forum Madison School District Report[PDF]
WEAC: $1.57 million for Four Wisconsin Senators
Friday Afternoon Veto: Governor Evers Rejects AB446/SB454; an effort to address our long term, disastrous reading results
Booked, but can’t read (Madison): functional literacy, National citizenship and the new face of Dred Scott in the age of mass incarceration.
When A Stands for Average: Students at the UW-Madison School of Education Receive Sky-High Grades. How Smart is That?
