MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — At the Capitol, a Republican bill would reverse state Superintendent Jill Underly’s overhaul of how the Department of Public Instruction measures student achievement on state tests.
Watertown Senator John Jagler co-authored the legislation.
“As we move out of COVID, it is more important than ever that we’re able to see how our educational system is advancing or not advancing,” Kager said. “Moving away from the national standards set by NAEP only compounded the problem. We have no apples to apples comparison when it comes to how we’re doing with other states or our neighboring states.”
The bill would reset state report card standards to levels set in 2019-20, align grades 3-8 with national standards, and restore high school testing standards to levels set in the 2021-22 school year.
The bill had a public hearing in the Assembly Education Committee last week.