1. School Accountability Report Cards
Laura Pinsonneault
Department of Public Instruction
November 15, 2017
WCRIS Conference

2. Today
Status update: report cards
Overview of report cards
Questions about current report cards
Looking ahead

3. 2016-17 Report Cards Preliminary release: October 17 300 inquiries
Updated secure report cards in SAFE by November 17
Public release: November 21

4. Preliminary Secure Report Cards
They are both preliminary and secure.
The data are NOT redacted or suppressed in secure report cards.
Individual student information could be derived from these report cards.
The data or information on these report cards should never be shared with the media or public – even after the embargo is lifted.
Public report cards are okay to share.

5. Accountability Report Cards
Recurring theme: the importance of high quality data
Choice indicator
Economic status
DPI can only correct data we have; we cannot create student records for report card calculations.

6. Accountability Report Cards
Four priority areas: achievement, growth, closing gaps, on-track -Score-based measures
Three student engagement indicators, goal-based measures: -absenteeism (<13%) -dropout rate (<6%)
School information
Overall score and rating

7. Data Elements
Student achievement -assessment results (point-based proficiency)
-assessments: WKCE, Badger, Forward,
ACT, WAA-SwD, DLM
Growth (value-added) -change in assessment results over time -account for student demographics, prior test performance

8. Data Elements
Closing gaps -trends of subgroup performance compared to the state
-Subgroup Performance in closing
ELA, mathematics, and graduation
gaps
On-track -attendance or graduation, -3rd grade English language arts -8th grade mathematics

9. Priority area scores → Overall score
Variable weighting for Achievement and Growth
Weights evenly distribute for other priority areas
Weighting assures fairness
Having - or not having - data in all areas is neither advantage nor disadvantage
FRL
Achievement
Growth
< 5%
90%
10%
5% - 65%
Varies
65% +

10. Resources Interpretive guide Technical guide Parent letters
...and more

11. 2015-16 Accountability Report Cards
Report card calculations require at least two years of data.
Many choice school report cards do not have sufficient data to calculate an overall score.
* Performance cannot be scored due to one of three data issues: insufficient choice enrollment data; fewer than 20 tested students; or submission of data for only one of the two years that are required to produce a score.

12. Looking Ahead
Public release of report cards on Tuesday, November 21
WISEdata snapshot* on December 5th
*Next year’s report cards will use these data!!!

13. Thank you!