District and School DPI Report Cards

 A few weeks ago I started to print and review the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) Report Cards, which can be found here:

https://apps2.dpi.wi.gov/reportcards/home

You can download and review them for entire school districts as well as at the school level for all public elementary, middle and high schools. If you choose to "Download Files for All School Years", you will be prompted to download a compressed zip file that contains report cards dating back to 2011.

As someone that loves to digest data and do trend analysis, this will be interesting. I feel that not having reviewed these prior will lend a fresh perspective and undoubtedly result in my asking plenty of questions.

For example, at Bay Port I see our English Language Arts scores have gone from 47.4% at Basic or Below Basic to 55.6%. That is below Proficient. For Mathematics, it has gone from 43.8% to 60.8% - below Proficient.

Again, I have no preconceived notions or plausible reasoning that would explain these drops in proficiency. I'm reviewing the data as it is presented in the publicly available reports cards. The pandemic and subsequent policies undoubtedly put a strain on our teachers and children.

Your feedback is more than welcome on this topic, as I'll bring any concerns you may have along with me to the board should I get elected.