“These (Wisconsin DPI) revisions are a way to make post-pandemic school performance look better just by lowering standards, without improving student outcomes”
It is galling to hear a politician justify deliberately making test scores incomparable to previous years as a way to reduce “confusion.”
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Questions we will asking: Why changes were made? Why move to lower standards ? (Even @GovEvers disagrees with this) Why make it impossible to track data from previous years? And just what about act 20 does the superintendent find to be nonsense?
We @CityForwardCol have been clear: DPI’s changes are bad for students & families. This is just one reason why
But the results of last year’s Forward Exam can’t be compared to previous years after the state lowered the score students must achieve to be considered proficient or advanced, and they highlight yawning racial achievement gaps.
According to the data, which is from testing done last spring, about 51% students statewide who took the Forward Exam either met or exceeded grade-level expectations in English/language arts. In math, about 53.2% of students met that standard.
Using the old standards, in 2022-23, about 39% of students performed at proficient or advanced levels on the Forward Exam in English/language arts. Forty-one percent of students scored at those same levels on the Forward math test. But the changes to portions of the Forward Exam make it hard to compare the new results and scores from previous years to track student achievement trends over time.
Parents, do not be deceived by the DPI’s manipulation of achievement levels. This only hurts our struggling students further. And for heavens sake, follow @GhaleonQ for clear answers on what’s really happening in our schools!
Last year less than 40 percent of students were considered ‘proficient‘
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?
