Today, Wisconsin’s DPI released the 2023-24 Forward Exam scores for schools across Wisconsin. In the past, WILL has referred to these scores–and the report card built from them–as creating a “Lake Wobegone” effect where everyone is above average.
DPI released Forward Exam results for the 2022-23 school year--there is important information that can be garnered from this data.
Last night a shared revenue bill passed the Wisconsin State Assembly, and is now on its way to the desk of Governor Evers. The bill included important provisions for school choice that have been hailed as an important victory for the movement, but why is that the case? We’ll explain it all ...
The News: Today, the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) submitted a letter jointly with School Choice Wisconsin (SCW) to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI), threatening legal action based upon a pattern of DPI denying new schools’ participation in the school ...
WILL holds DPI accountable for bureaucratic overreach, minimal barriers should be implemented for families to apply to school choice programs
The News: On behalf of School Choice Wisconsin Action, Inc. (SCWA), Catholic Memorial High School of Waukesha, Inc., and Roncalli Catholic Schools, ...
Introduction
Recently, results from the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) have caused shockwaves around the country. At least partially-related to teachers' union-led shutdowns that kept schools closed well past when it was reasonable to do so,[i] decades of progress in ...