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Title: Establishes Regulations Over School Test Scores

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with House amendments and pass a bill that establishes regulations over school test scores in Wisconsin.

Highlights:

  • Requires that beginning with report cards published for the school year in which this bill becomes law, the index system identify school and school district performance and improvement, also known as the accountability rating categories (Sec. 2).

  • Requires that the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) must use the same cut scores, score ranges, and corresponding qualitative descriptions that DPI used for report cards published in the 2019-20 school year (Sec. 2). 

  • Specifies that beginning with the Wisconsin Student Assesment System (WSAS) administered in the school year in which the bill becomes law, DPI must do the following, including (Sec. 2-4):

    • For the Wisconsin Forward exam in English Language Arts and Mathematics, align cut scores, score ranges, and pupil performance categories to the cut scores, score ranges, and pupil performance categories set by the National Assessment of Educational Progress;

    • For the PreACT and ACT with Writing in English, Reading, and Mathematics, use the same cut scores, score ranges, and pupil performance categories that DPI used for the same assessments administered in the 2021-22 school year. The bill specifically requires DPI to use the terms “below basic”, “basic”, “proficient”, and “advanced” for pupil performance categories on these assessments.

  • Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 4).

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Title: Establishes Regulations Over School Test Scores

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes regulations over school test scores in Wisconsin.

Highlights:

  • Requires that beginning with report cards published for the school year in which this bill becomes law, the index system identify school and school district performance and improvement, also known as the accountability rating categories (Sec. 2).

  • Requires that the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) must use the same cut scores, score ranges, and corresponding qualitative descriptions that DPI used for report cards published in the 2019-20 school year (Sec. 2). 

  • Specifies that beginning with the Wisconsin Student Assesment System (WSAS) administered in the school year in which the bill becomes law, DPI must do the following, including (Sec. 2-4):

    • For the Wisconsin Forward exam in English Language Arts and Mathematics, align cut scores, score ranges, and pupil performance categories to the cut scores, score ranges, and pupil performance categories set by the National Assessment of Educational Progress;

    • For the PreACT and ACT with Writing in English, Reading, and Mathematics, use the same cut scores, score ranges, and pupil performance categories that DPI used for the same assessments administered in the 2021-22 school year. The bill specifically requires DPI to use the terms “below basic”, “basic”, “proficient”, and “advanced” for pupil performance categories on these assessments.

  • Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 4).

Full Bill Text

Title: Establishes Regulations Over School Test Scores

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