MacIver News Minute: How Are Our Schools Doing? New Data Provides Answers

March 15, 2018

New data from the Department of Public Instruction sheds light on the performance of Wisconsin’s K-12 public schools, and it’s a mixed bag. Graduation rates are up, students are taking more AP exams and scoring better on them, and ACT scores held steady. Notably, the number of students going on to a post-secondary institution is down significantly over the past 5 years.