That’s good to hear that the report cards are praised so highly because during last year’s budget debate Evers had an entirely different view of the report cards. That’s when Governor Scott Walker actually wanted to use the report cards to hold schools accountable. His plan was to allow students in districts with two or more schools with ratings of “fails to meet expectations” or “meets few expectations” to enroll in private schools instead.
Evers protested at the time that the report cards were not adequate for actually judging schools. Evers told the Joint Finance Committee that the report cards “aren’t ready for prime time” and would not be ready for eight years. He told Wisconsin Public Radio that it was too soon to “morph into high stakes decision making” with the report cards, as if parents deciding which schools their kids should attend isn’t high stakes enough.
Via Is Tony Evers Using Wisconsin’s School Report Cards for Political Gain? @ MacIver Institute.