Data released today by the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) shows that again this year, students in the Parental Choice Programs are outperforming their peers. As with all test data, a one-year snapshot has limitations but the trend of higher scores for students on a voucher is great news for students and taxpayers.
“All three Parental Choice Programs, comprised predominately of low-income students, outscored their full-income counterparts across the entire state in public schools on the ACT,” Jim Bender said. “Combined with the Forward Exam, these results highlight superior outcomes at a fraction of the cost to taxpayers.”
Below is the comparative data for the Parental Choice Programs around the state:
* Removes Milwaukee and Racine Unified from statewide data
* * Removes Milwaukee only as RUSD econ/dis not available
ACT Exam
MPCP 17.5
MPS Econ/Dis 15.4
MPS 16.5
RPCP 19.5
RUSD Econ/Dis 15.8
RUSD 17.7
WPCP 22.5
State Econ/Dis 17.4
State 20.1 (20.4*)
Forward Exam
WPCP results
38% proficient/advanced in ELA
34% proficient/advanced in Math
51% prof/advanced in Science
52% prof/adv in Social Studies
Statewide Economically Disadvantaged
26.4% prof/adv in ELA (28.4% **)
24.9% prof/adv in Math (27.3%**)
33.1% prof/adv in Sci (36.3%**)
32.0% prof/adv in S.S. (34.7%**)
Statewide results
42.5% prof/adv in ELA (45%*)
42.2% prof/adv in Math (45.1%*)
50.2% prof/adv in Sci (53.3%*)
49.8% prof/adv in S.S. (52.8%*)
RPCP results
26% proficient/advanced in ELA
16% proficient/advanced in Math
27% prof/adv in Science
35% prof/adv in Social Studies
RUSD Economically Disadvantaged
Data Redacted and not listed on DPI website as of yet.
RUSD results
20.2% proficient/advanced in ELA
18.8% proficient/advanced in Math
28.3% prof/advanced in Science
30% prof/adv in Social Studies
MPCP results
19% proficient/advanced in ELA
14% proficient/advanced in Math
20% prof/advanced in Science
25% prof/adv in Social Studies
MPS Economically Disadvantaged
14.9% proficient/advanced in ELA
11.2% proficient/advanced in Math
15.2% prof/advanced in Science
16.4% prof/adv in Social Studies
MPS results
19.7% proficient/advanced in ELA
14.9% proficient/advanced in Math
19.8% prof/advanced in Science
21.2% prof/adv in Social Studies
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