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Germantown board unanimously adopts resolution urging DPI to stabilize and revise state school report card

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The Germantown School District Board adopted a resolution calling on the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction to slow annual changes to the state report card, to give equal weight to growth and achievement, and to avoid weighting performance by free/reduced-price lunch status; the vote was unanimous (7-0).

The Germantown School District Board of Education voted unanimously to adopt a resolution asking the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to amend how the state school report card is calculated and communicated.

Board President Ewart read a resolution that criticized frequent changes to the report card's elements and said those changes make year-to-year and district-to-district comparisons unreliable. The resolution calls on the state superintendent to: give equal weight to student growth and achievement;…

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