Wis. Stat. § 115.38 — WI Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.38
School performance report; educational program review.
Status: in_force

(1) The state superintendent shall develop a school and school district performance report for use by school districts under sub. (2) . The report shall include all of the following by school and by school district:

(a) Indicators of academic achievement, including the performance of pupils on the tests administered under s. 121.02 (1) (r) , the performance of pupils on assessments required under s. 118.016 (3) , and the performance of pupils, by subject area, on the statewide assessment examinations administered under s. 118.30 .

(b)

1. Other indicators of school and school district performance, including dropout, attendance, retention in grade and graduation rates; percentage of habitual truants, as defined in s. 118.16 (1) (a) ; percentage of pupils participating in extracurricular and community activities and advanced placement courses; percentage of graduates enrolled in postsecondary educational programs; and percentage of graduates entering the workforce.

2. The numbers of suspensions and expulsions; the reasons for which pupils are suspended or expelled, reported according to categories specified by the state superintendent; the length of time for which pupils are expelled, reported according to categories specified by the state superintendent; whether pupils return to school after their expulsion; the educational programs and services, if any, provided to pupils during their expulsions, reported according to categories specified by the state superintendent; the schools attended by pupils who are suspended or expelled; and the grade, sex and ethnicity of pupils who are suspended or expelled and whether the pupils are children with disabilities, as defined in s. 115.76 (5) .

(c) Staffing and financial data information, as determined by the state superintendent, not to exceed 10 items. The state superintendent may not request a school board to provide information solely for the purpose of including the information in the report under this paragraph.

(d) The number and percentage of resident pupils attending a course in a nonresident school district under s. 118.52 , the number of nonresident pupils attending a course in the school district under s. 118.52 , and the courses taken by those pupils.

(e) The method of reading instruction used in the school district and the textbook series used to teach reading in the school district.

(2)

(a) Annually by January 1, each school board shall notify the parent or guardian of each pupil enrolled in the school district of the right to request a school and school district performance report under this subsection. Except as provided in par. (b) , annually by May 1, each school board shall, upon request, distribute to the parent or guardian of each pupil enrolled in the school district, including pupils enrolled in charter schools located in the school district, or give to each pupil to bring home to his or her parent or guardian, a school and school district performance report that includes the information specified by the state superintendent under sub. (1) . The report shall also include a comparison of the school district’s performance under sub. (1) (a) and (b) with the performance of other school districts in the same athletic conference under sub. (1) (a) and (b) . If the school district maintains an Internet site, the report shall be made available to the public at that site.

(b) If a school board enters into an agreement with a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state to establish a charter school, that school board shall, upon request, distribute to the parent or guardian of each pupil enrolled in the charter school a school and school district performance report that includes the information specified by the state superintendent under sub. (1) , regardless of the location of the charter school.

(3) Annually, the state superintendent shall publish and distribute to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) a summary of the reports under sub. (2) .

(4) Beginning in the 1993-94 school year and annually thereafter, the state superintendent shall identify those school districts that are low in performance and those schools in which there are pupils enrolled who do not meet the state minimum performance standards on the examinations administered under s. 118.30 . The state superintendent shall make recommendations regarding how the programs and operations of the identified school districts and schools may be improved and periodically assess school district implementation of the recommendations.

History: 1991 a. 39 , 269 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1) ; 1997 a. 27 , 244 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2005 a. 62 ; 2009 a. 28 ; 2013 a. 20 ; 2017 a. 59 ; 2023 a. 20 .