WisPolitics summary:
Co-author Sen. John Jagler, R-Watertown, said the standards give parents a false impression of how their kids are doing in school. He also said it’s a problem that data can’t be compared year-to-year, which is problematic considering learning loss during the COVID-19 pandemic.
He said the state should go back to the previous standards put in place when Evers led DPI.
“We need to do better, we need to go back,” Jagler said, referencing his comments to DPI during the public hearing on the bill.
Sen. Chris Larson, D-Milwaukee, criticized what he called “huffing and puffing” about the changes, asserting standards were never lowered and were part of periodic changes that take place over the years.
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Those new standards lowered the threshold for what is considered proficient on the Forward Exam state test, and replaced terms like “below basic” with “developing.”
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He vetoes it. Makes perfect sense. #disappointed
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Did taxpayer funded Wisconsin DPI Superintendent Underly Juice Test Scores for Reelection?
notes and links on Incumbent DPI Superintendent Jill Underly.
The taxpayer funded Madison School District long used Reading Recovery…
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?
