Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Dear District Administrators,
Superintendent Stanford Taylor has adopted new Wisconsin Standards for English Language Arts, Physical Education, and Personal Financial Literacy. These new academic standards were developed by Wisconsin educators and experts using a transparent and inclusive process with educator and public engagement.
We have posted these new standards on the Academic Standards and English Language Arts, Physical Education, and Personal Financial Literacy webpages. In the future, we will post additional supporting resources and professional learning for educators related to these standards on the content area webpage. This is exciting work, and we have had very positive feedback from educators and business leaders who were engaged in reviewing these revised standards.
Also, the State Superintendent has authorized revision of Wisconsin Standards for Mathematics and English Language Development, as well as development of Wisconsin Alternate Social Studies Standards following the recommendation of the State Superintendent’s Academic Standards Review Council, and based on public feedback. Drafts of these revised standards, being developed by our state-wide writing committees and informed by key stakeholders from the Wisconsin education and business communities, will be released in February 2021 for a 30-day public and legislative comment period, which will include two public hearings. You can follow updates on this work at our main standards webpage, and on the subject webpages. You will receive copies of these drafts at that time for input.
Additionally, to support your planning, we have posted an updated Timeline for Review of Wisconsin Academic Standards that details the content areas to be reviewed for potential revision through the 2026.
Please contact John Johnson, Director, Literacy and Mathematics Team (john.johnson@dpi.wi.gov), if you have any questions.
Please share this information with your staff, and encourage them to use these new standards.