Sunday, April 22, 2012

Here's the Data...You Decide

The Sun Prairie School District has "use data to drive decisions" as part of its credo.
So...here's the data.  This is how we stack up against other Dane Co. school districts.
As always, we highlight grades 4,8, and 10 because at these grades students are tested beyond reading an math.  At these grades, all students are tested in Language Arts, Science and Social Studies in addition to Reading and Math.

You decide...are we doing as well as you think we should?
How about instead of some 200 page Monitoring Report that could cure the world's worst case of insomnia, the school board hold a working session where they talk candidly about our district's educational performance on the WKCE?

The district makes statements regarding the number of our students scored as "Advanced" in Reading and Math.  But they don't give us any measuring stick to gauge the true merits of that performance.  So we provide that.



A closer look at how we fare in Reading.  This graphic perhaps better compares how we measure upo to other Dane Co, districts relative to the Dane Co. average.





A closer look at how we fare in Math.  This graphic perhaps better compares how we measure upo to other Dane Co, districts relative to the Dane Co. average.