School Report Cards (DPI)

District and School Accountability Report Cards for the School District of New Berlin are typically released in November by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI). The District and each school received its own report card that evaluated its performance based on multiple measures.

Report cards provide an accountability index score from 0-100 based on performance in four priority areas:

Student achievement in English Language Arts and mathematics on state assessments;
Student growth, how rapidly students are gaining knowledge and skills from year to year, focusing on the pace of improvement in students’ performance;
Closing gaps in performance between specific student groups (comparing English language learners, low-income students, students with disabilities and members of racial or ethnic groups with their peers);
On-track and postsecondary readiness, or how successfully students are achieving educational milestones that predict later success.

The priority area scores are then aggregated into an overall accountability score, from 0 to 100. This score is displayed in the top left corner of the School or District Report Cards. It is important to note that the 0 to 100 accountability score is not a “percent correct” measurement.

Schools and districts are also evaluated on their level of student engagement – test participation rates, chronic absenteeism rates, and dropout rates when applicable. Based on its score, a school or district receives one of five rating categories, from Fails to Meet Expectations to Significantly Exceeds Expectations, as well as one to five stars.

All schools scored extremely well in the areas of student achievement, student growth and on-track/postsecondary readiness and will continue to build on those successes while also focusing on improving its score in closing gaps.