Accountability Reports

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

2022-23 State Report Card

As a learning community, we are continually looking to improve. The state school report card is one resource we use to reflect on our strengths and areas for improvement.

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 2022-23 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 three years of data: 2022-2023, 2021-22, 2020-21. 

At the foundation of the report cards are four priority areas. 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.  Three years of 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.

    •  Target Group Outcomes - outcomes for students with the lowest test scores on the Forward Exam.  This follows the same rules in using three years of data in our district.

    •   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. This rating is the first circle on the left side of the report.  Ratings for districts and schools are based on data from their own students.  The scores to do not compare with other schools because each school and district has their own set of data.

It is important to note that the 0 to 100 accountability score is not a “percent correct” measurement--it is a rating.  This year, we received “Meets Expectations”.

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. ​