Sunday, September 16, 2012

Ahead of the curve...


 (I’m not ahead of the curve, I’m months behind, but) Last week State Superintendent of Schools Tony Evers proposed replacing the WKCE in middle and high schools with a suite of three tests: Explore, Plan and ACT, from the ACT organization.  At MG we have been administering these tests for several years because they are better aligned with our college readiness goals and are much more useful to students and staff than the WKCE.  All MG 11th grade students take the ACT after having taken the Explore and Plan tests in lower grades.  Unfortunately MG students also have to take the WKCE to meet state requirements.  Under the new proposal we can drop the WKCE and keep the rest or our testing regimen.

I think this is a great move by the state.  Over the past few years the state Department of Education has acknowledged the deficiencies of Wisconsin’s WKCE and has been working to replace it.  But there is no reason to reinvent the wheel or invest in duplicate infrastructure when there is a high quality off-the-shelf test available.

It is important to note that MG has been leading the efforts in WI to find a more useful test than the WKCE.  This proposal from Evers is a validation of the approach advanced in the district by our staff and administrative team.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

"Marijuana use a concern at MGHS"
How about the officer simply follow the students to the back of Rockys-which is where they go to smoke the pot...not real hard.