Wisconsin’s high school students had the second-highest ACT average in the nation this past school year, according to Department of Public Instruction data. Increases in both overall scores and participation rates kept the Badger State amongst the elite when it comes to the national college readiness exam. Read More WI ACT Scores, Participation Rates Increase but Achievement Gap Persists
MacIver News Service – The State Superintendent’s Task Force on Wisconsin’s Achievement Gap met for the first time on Wednesday, convening a diverse group of educators who have been tasked with fixing one of the biggest problems in Wisconsin’s K-12 education. That group will work to figure out how to close the persistent gaps in educational performance between students of different races in the Badger State. Read More Teachers, Administrators Talk Achievement Gap Solutions in Madison
Students attending Wisconsin schools have made slight gains in proficiency on the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examinations (WCKE) in the last five years according to the most recent results released by the state’s Department of Public Instruction (DPI) on Tuesday. Read More Wisconsin Students Improve on WKCE Testing in Final Year
State Superintendent Tony Evers announced on Wednesday that he’s forming a special task force to address the ever-persistent achievement gap in Milwaukee’s K-12 schools. However, data throughout the state suggest that his attention cannot be limited solely to Wisconsin’s largest district. Read More Achievement Gap Task Force is a Step in the Right Direction, but Must Focus on Districts Other Than Milwaukee
Andrew Coulson, a longtime education researcher, tracked school funding versus SAT scores to see if there was a relationship between achievement and spending in America’s public schools. What Coulson found is that while relative spending was up, most SAT scores remained static. In fact, those scores even declined in Wisconsin. Read More CATO Report Shows Funding Alone Has Little Impact on Educational Achievement