Accountability Reports

Linn J4 School District's accountability reports can be found with these links:
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Accountability Report Cards

State Report Card

The Department of Public Instruction (DPI) is required by state statute (Wis. Stat. 115.385) to generate a school report card and district report card for every publicly funded school and district in the state. The report cards are intended to help schools and districts use performance data to celebrate successes and improve their efforts to prepare students for their futures. These public report cards can be found online at: http://dpi.wi.gov/accountability/report-cards.

The current school report card is based on last year’s performance during the school year, but also includes data from up to three years because of our small groups. This means that this year’s report card is the sum of up to three years of data. 

Schools and districts receive a score for each priority area:

Achievement and Growth – proficiency and progress in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics on the annual state assessments. Up to three years of prior data are required because of our small groups.
The data comes from the scores from the April Forward Exam.  The Forward Exam tests students on the state standards of learning for math and language arts in grades 3-8, plus science and social studies in grades 4 and 8.
There is NO local data in the report card.  The i-Ready and AimsWeb growth we see in our students is NOT reflected in the report card--only the one-time annual state achievement exam.

On-Track to Graduation - predictors of how successfully students are progressing toward completing their K-12 education.  This score is a combination of: attendance, chronic absenteeism, grade 3 language arts, and grade 8 math.  Again, this follows the same rules in using three years of data in our district.

The priority area scores become an overall rating, from 0 to 100.  It is important to note that the 0 to 100 accountability score is not a “percent correct” measurement--it is a rating.  Ratings for districts and schools are based on data from their own students.  Each school and district has its own data, so the reports are not comparable (even though we know folks compare us to other schools).

Of course, we are happy to meet expectations and we are also working with students to do even better this year and future years.

We would love to partner with you, our families, to help you learn how to support your children’s learning at home. ​