MacIver News Service | September 17, 2013
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[Madison, Wisc...] The latest round of the Department of Public Instruction's (DPI) School Report Cards got a preliminary release on Tuesday, and only one district earned a failing grade. Unfortunately, that district also happens to be the largest in the state.
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Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) scored the lowest out of Wisconsin's 424 districts, earning just 51.4 points out of a possible 100 on the state's report cards as a whole. That was enough to earn a "Fails to Meet Expectations" grade from the state.
Only two other districts in the entire state scored below the 60-point threshold; the White Lake and Menominee Indian districts. Thanks to the state's curved scale, those districts avoided grading out in the lowest category and instead rated as "Meets Few Expectations," which is the equivalent of a "D" in an A-F grading scale.
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Schools were given overall grades based on their scores in four separate categories. Categories include student achievement (a base level of student knowledge), student growth (a measurement of annual student progress), closing gaps (how different student groups are performing), and on-track and postsecondary readiness (a measure of how prepared students are for the next step in their education). Additional deductions could be made on a school-by-school basis related to issues such as dropout rates, absenteeism and test participation.
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