"a really lousy test that measures lame standards"

This is an article from Tuesday's WSJ concerning standardized testing in Wisconsin, with quotes from Phil McDade and Bill Breisch. The article highlights the drive to replace the WKCE with something more useful. MGSD has taken a leading role in the effort to improve the state assessments, we already use the MAP and ACT testing, which are useful for individual assessment in ways that the WKCE is not- by the DPI's own admission:

... Schools should not rely on only WKCE data to gauge progress of individual students or to determine effectiveness of programs or curriculum...

Unfortunately we are required to administer the WKCE regardless of other assesments we might use, in the end we give up class time for both.