Molly Beck:

The move could deliver a blow to Democratic State Superintendent Jill Underly ahead of the April 1 spring election, when Underly is up for reelection against education consultant Brittany Kinser.

Lawmakers passed a bill 18-14 that requires the DPI to overhaul its state report cards to match how they measured academic achievement before changes made last year.

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has criticized the process Underly took to change the state report cards.
MADISON – Senate Republicans on Tuesday sent to Gov. Tony Evers a bill that would undo a controversial overhaul of how the state measures students’ academic achievement.

The move could deliver a blow to Democratic State Superintendent Jill Underly ahead of the April 1 spring election, when Underly is up for reelection against education consultant Brittany Kinser, who is backed by conservatives and has made the testing change a campaign issue.

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DPI’s statement.

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