The second annual Wisconsin school report cards are out -- and for the second time, state officials urge caution in the way we interpret them.
The Department of Public Instruction says a "value added calculation" required by state law caused major fluctuations from last year in the scores for 162 schools and 24 districts. If there's a change of more than ten points either way, the D-P-I says statistical issues might be to blame, more than a school's actual performance.
DPI spokesperson Tom McCarthy...
...overall, this was the second year we had data for all schools that receive public dollars. There were some private choice schools that were included in the report card system this year. When you lump them all together, 82 percent of those schools...public and private choice schools earned three or more stars on their report card, meaning they met or exceeded expectations...."
But 108 public, charter, and private tax funded schools failed to meet expectations, a third of those being in Milwaukee -- and another 250 met only a few expectations.
Area schools also followed the state trends. We have a link here that sends you to the site where you can see how area schools performed.
