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Oshkosh district keeps 3‑star rating as DPI testing changes complicate year‑to‑year comparisons; administrators outline literacy and math plans
Summary
District staff told the board the districtretained a 3‑star report card rating after Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction changes in tests and cut scores. Administration emphasized expanded literacy and math curricula, student-centered coaching, and targeted supports for Black, special education and ESOL students to close achievement gaps.
District staff updated the board on Dec. 18 that the Oshkosh Area School District retained a three‑star rating on the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) school and district report card for the 2023–24 year, but cautioned the board that recent changes to tests and performance cut scores make direct year‑to‑year comparisons unreliable.
"These were aligned to the standards for English language arts that were adopted in 2020 and then the mathematics standards that were adopted in 2021... those changes ... created a situation in which we don't have comparable scores to previous years," Dr. Coleman said while presenting the district report card and technical context from the DPI.
Dr. Coleman summarized the district's strengths and priorities: growth remains a relative strength in the district's value‑added measures, and Oshkosh North and Oshkosh West…
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