Wisconsin’s School & District Report Cards are giving families a misleading picture of how students and schools are performing, according to City Forward Collective’s (CFC) policy brief, High Standards, Accountability, & Performance Transparency. The brief finds that statewide, just over half of students met the state’s lowered standards, yet 93% of Wisconsin’s school districts were rated as meeting or exceeding expectations. It calls on lawmakers to restore rigorous, nationally aligned standards, grade all schools on a uniform scale that weighs proficiency and growth equally, and release clear results to families by August 15 each year.
Read the full report below:
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