Monday, June 17, 2019
Dear District Administrators and CESA Administrators,
Superintendent Stanford Taylor has adopted new Wisconsin Standards for World Languages and Dance. These academic standards were developed by Wisconsin educators and experts using a transparent and inclusive process with public engagement and feedback.
We have posted these new standards on the following web page. In the future, we will post additional supporting resources and professional learning for educators related to these standards on their content area webpages. This is exciting work, and we have had very positive feedback from educators and business leaders in this area who were engaged in reviewing these new standards.
Main DPI Academic Standards: dpi.wi.gov/standards
- World Languages: dpi.wi.gov/world-language
- New World Languages Standards
- Dance: dpi.wi.gov/fine-arts/dance
- New Dance Standards
Also, the State Superintendent has authorized revision of Wisconsin Standards for Personal Financial Literacy and Art and Design following the recommendation of the State Superintendent’s 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 July 2019 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 main Personal Financial Literacy and Fine Arts webpages.
Personal Financial Literacy: dpi.wi.gov/finance
Art and Design: dpi.wi.gov/fine-arts/art-design
Please contact John Johnson, Director, Literacy and Mathematics Team, at 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.