Report Card Resources

Resources for 2023-24 Report Cards

These resources are specific to the 2023-24 school and district report cards, which are released in the Fall of 2024.

Please use caution when interpreting scores and ratings. Careful review of the detailed data on all pages is encouraged. Multiple years of data are used throughout the report card in most of the priority area scores:

• Achievement and Growth require two years of data (2023-24 and 2022-23 required) and may use up to three years of data (including 2021-22).
• The graduation, attendance, and absenteeism components in On-Track to Graduation use lagged data (from 2022-23) and absenteeism scores may use up to three years of data (including 2021-22 and 2020-21).
• Target Group Outcomes follows the same rules as the Achievement, Growth, and On-Track to Graduation priority areas including lagged data as well as multiple years of data.

Note that the scoring of achievement on the 2023-24 report cards has been modified to allow for comparability and stability in the system. Achievement scores refer to the Achievement priority area (both ELA and Math scores), the Target Group Outcomes Achievement component (both ELA and Math scores); and the 3rd grade ELA and 8th grade Math component scores of On-Track to Graduation. Please review the “What’s New” and other resources below to learn more about this one year change.

Please see the Report Card Weighting Calculator to learn more about how priority areas are re-weighted when data for a particular priority area are not available.

Communication & Interpretive Resources

• 2023-24 School and District Report Cards - Communicating with Your Community (NEW) - resource for helping to communicate this year’s report cards effectively with your community.

• What's New for the 2023-24 Report Cards - changes to 2023-24 report cards compared to 2022-23.

• Report Cards At-a-Glance, Spanish, Hmong - high-level overview of the report card front page.

• Report Card Guide - overview of the report cards.

• Local Report Card - optional template that schools and districts can use to create their own local report card alongside the DPI report card.

• Parent Letter Templates - optional templates that schools and districts can use for communicating report card results to parents.

  • Letter – Generic, Spanish, Hmong

  • Letter – Choice Schools, Spanish, Hmong

  • Letter – Alternate Accountability, Spanish, Hmong

• Target Group Outcomes Guide - overview of the Target Group Outcomes 

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• Value-Added Growth Guide - a good starting point to build an understanding of the value-added growth methodology used in the report cards.

Technical & Data Resources

• Report Card Weighting Calculator - interactive application for calculating the priority area weights used to produce report card overall scores.

• Data At-a-Glance - high-level overview of the data used in report cards.

• Course and Program Data Guide - overview of the course and program data included in the report cards.

• Secure Release Checklist - checklist to help schools and districts check their preliminary report card data during the secure release.

• Guide to Correctable Data - overview of data corrections and the impact on different types of accountability reports.

• Calculating Percent Choice Enrollment - description of the Percent Choice Enrollment statistic found in Choice school report cards.

• Report Card Technical Guide - comprehensive technical descriptions and walkthroughs for calculating the scores used in the report cards.

• Value-Added Technical Report - comprehensive technical descriptions of the value-added growth calculations used in the report cards.

WISEdash

For performance data beyond the report cards, the Wisconsin Information System for Education Data Dashboard (WISEdash) data portal uses "dashboards," or visual collections of graphs and tables, to provide multi-year education data about Wisconsin schools.

• WISEdash Public Portal - Available to the general public, student data is redacted to protect students' identities.
• WISEdash for Districts - Available to authorized district and school staff via a secure login. Data is available down to the individual student level.

Accountability Trainers

Each CESA and each of the six largest districts have identified at least one Accountability Trainer who can assist schools and districts with accountability questions, interpretation and troubleshoot data issues related to the report cards.
Accountability Trainers by CESA and District

For resources related to Wisconsin’s federal ESSA accountability system, please visit the OEA Federal Accountability (ESSA) page.