{"id":2471702,"date":"2025-08-06T19:12:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T23:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-group-calls-for-transparency-high-standards-in-report-cards-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T19:15:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T23:15:31","slug":"wisconsin-group-calls-for-transparency-high-standards-in-report-cards-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-group-calls-for-transparency-high-standards-in-report-cards-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin group calls for transparency, high standards in report cards &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwisconsin-group-calls-for-transparency-high-standards-in-report-cards-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2471702&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL) is calling on the state&#8217;s Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to increase transparency and raise standards in the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >school <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-china-going-to-eat-our-lunch-2019-candidate-biden-eat-our-lunch-cmon-man\/\" title=\"Biden: China \u2018Going To Eat Our Lunch.\u2019 2019 Candidate Biden: \u2018Eat Our Lunch? C\u2019mon, Man!\u2019\">report card<\/a> grading system<\/a>. WILL highlighted concerns that some schools received high ratings despite low English language arts proficiency percentages, indicating potential grade inflation. The group criticized recent changes to grading cut points and labels that they say mask an ongoing academic decline in Wisconsin. WILL urges DPI to adopt a more rigorous and accurate grading approach to provide families with true insight into school performance and restore public trust in the accountability system.DPI has formed a committee to revise state standards, but WILL warns against continuing practices that inflate ratings rather than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberals-outraged-at-new-hampshire-adopting-a-conservative-school-curriculum\/\" title=\"Liberals furious over New Hampshire&#039;s conservative curriculum ...ion.\">improving academic outcomes<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Wisconsin group calls for transparency, high standards in report cards<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2198376\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/wisconsin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Wisconsin<\/a> Institute for Law and Liberty is asking the state&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Department of Public Instruction<\/a> for more transparency in its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/public-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">school<\/a> report card grading system.<\/p>\n<p>The group says that it found one school with just 4.1% English language arts proficiency that was rated as &ldquo;exceeds expectations&rdquo; and 18 schools that were graded &ldquo;exceeds expectations&rdquo; that had less than 25% ELA proficiency.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3492777\/dnc-chairman-ken-martin-mamdani-democrats-big-tent\/\">DNC Chairman Ken Martin warms to Mamdani, says party is &#8216;big tent&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3492141\/doge-staffer-assault-dc-mayor-bowser-trump-scrutiny\/\">DOGE staffer assault puts DC mayor back under Trump scrutiny<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3492787\/ken-paxton-orourke-investigation-powered-by-people-financed-texas-democrats-left-state\/\">Paxton to investigate whether O&#8217;Rourke group financed Texas Democrats who left state<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>DPI announced earlier this year that it&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/wisconsin\/article_67b5638d-b5b3-466e-9db0-759d6b11fdbb.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">formed a committee<\/a>&nbsp;of more than two dozen educators and leaders from public, private, and charter schools that began meeting in June to create new state standards after prior changes to the report card grading system.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Wisconsin is falling behind the rest of the country academically and changing standards only masks this decline,&rdquo; said WILL Research Director Will Flanders. &ldquo;Instead of raising the bar, we are simply putting our heads in the sand. It&rsquo;s why WILL is encouraging DPI to follow through on its commitment to Wisconsin students and adopt report card standards that give true insight into school performance.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>WILL previously had pressured state leaders to act after it found that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-to-raise-wisconsin-report-card-standards-approved-by-senate-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Bill to raise ... ... standards approved by Senate - Washington Examiner\">state lowered school report card cut points<\/a> in 2020-21, changed the labels on those in 2023-24 and lowered the cut points again that year as well.<\/p>\n<p>WILL&rsquo;s Wednesday&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/will-law.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WILL-Comment-on-DPI-Report-Card-Standard-Setting-FINAL-August-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter to DPI<\/a>&nbsp;and the committee warned against what it called DPI&rsquo;s &ldquo;track record of inflating ratings that masks a decades-long stagnation in student achievement.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3491067\/democratic-group-pushes-blue-state-governors-school-voucher-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">DEMOCRATIC GROUP PUSHES BLUE-STATE GOVERNORS TO OPT IN TO SCHOOL VOUCHER PLAN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WILL instead encouraged a more rigorous grading system that blocks grade inflation, because it says the prior system was &ldquo;too generous and overcompensates for poverty.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Families across Wisconsin deserve a report card that is clear, accurate, and consistent,&rdquo; WILL wrote. &ldquo;The recent changes to the Forward Exam last year have cost DPI public trust when it comes to accountability. 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