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Pewaukee board member presses district on reading data as staff stress different assessments and benchmarks
Summary
A board member questioned district presentations after a chart combining 'basic' and 'below basic' categories showed 34.1 percent; administrators said the figure reflects state-category cut scores, not a single measure of literacy, and pledged a crosswalk of STAR (local) and state Forward Exam data in fall presentations.
A board discussion about how to present reading achievement turned into one of the evening’s most contentious exchanges as a board member requested clearer cross-referencing between district 4K/STAR assessment results and the Department of Public Instruction state report card.
Board member Mary asked the administration to explain a chart that, when the 'basic' and 'below basic' columns are combined, totaled about 34.1 percent and…
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