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Pewaukee SD reports mixed Wisconsin Forward Assessment results; schools outline targeted literacy and math plans
Summary
District officials presented 2025 Wisconsin Forward Assessment results showing the district in the top decile statewide for ELA and top 8% in math, with grade‑level variation. Buildings described action plans—expanded phonics at Horizon, AIMSweb progress monitoring at the middle school, and PLCs—to address declines in some grades.
Pewaukee School District administrators on Monday presented 2025 Wisconsin Forward Assessment results and described building‑level action plans to address uneven grade‑level performance.
The district ranked in the top 10% statewide for English language arts and in the top 8% in math for the percentage of students in the meeting or advanced categories, according to Candice, the district assessment lead. Candice cautioned that statewide benchmark and scoring changes to the Forward Exam in 2024 make direct year‑to‑year comparisons more complicated.
The report broke results out by subject and grade: ELA and math are tested in grades 3–8, science in grades 4 and 8, and social studies in grades 4, 8 and 10. Candice said grade 8 showed a notable increase in the share of students meeting or…
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