115.383(4)
(4) A private school participating in a parental choice program under
s. 118.60 or
119.23 is not required to include information about pupils who are not attending the private school under
s. 118.60 or
119.23 in the system it is using under
sub. (3).
115.383(5)
(5) The state superintendent shall assign to each pupil attending a public school or charter school, and to each pupil attending a private school under
s. 118.60 or
119.23, a unique identification number for use in the student information system. The state superintendent shall not assign to any pupil an identification number that is identical to or incorporates the pupil's social security number or that uses any other personally identifying information.
115.383 History
History: 2013 a. 256 ss.
3 to
9;
2015 a. 55.
115.385
115.385
School and school district accountability report. 115.385(1)(1) Subject to
sub. (1m), annually by September, the department shall publish a school and school district accountability report that includes all of the following components:
115.385(1)(a)
(a) Multiple measures to determine a school's performance or a school district's improvement, including all of the following categorized by English language proficiency, disability, income level, and race or ethnicity:
115.385(1)(a)1m.
1m. Growth in pupil achievement in reading and mathematics, calculated using a value-added methodology.
115.385(1)(a)3.
3. Gap closure in pupil achievement in reading and mathematics and, when available, rates of graduation.
115.385(1)(b)
(b) An index system to identify a school's level of performance and a school district's level of improvement and to annually assign to each school and school district one of the following performance categories:
115.385(1)(b)1.
1. “Five stars out of 5 — Significantly Exceeds Expectations."
115.385(1)(c)
(c) A qualitative definition for each of the 5 performance categories in
par. (b).
115.385(1g)
(1g) For purposes of determining a school's performance or a school district's improvement under
sub. (1) all of the following apply:
115.385(1g)(c)
(c) The department shall consider the impact of poverty on pupil achievement and growth by adjusting the importance given to the measures under
sub. (1) (a) 1. and
1m. based on the percentage of pupils in the school or school district who are economically disadvantaged. In this paragraph, an economically disadvantaged pupil is a pupil that satisfies either the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under
42 USC 1758 (b) (1) or other measures of poverty, as determined by the department. Of the total weight the department allocates to the measures under
sub. (1) (a) 1. and
1m. for the purpose of determining a school's performance or a school district's improvement, the department shall do as follows:
115.385(1g)(c)1.
1. If 5 percent or less of the school or school district membership is comprised of economically disadvantaged pupils, weight the measure under
sub. (1) (a) 1. at 90 percent and the measure under
sub. (1) (a) 1m. at 10 percent.
115.385(1g)(c)2.
2. If 65 percent or more of the school or school district membership is comprised of economically disadvantaged pupils, weight the measure under
sub. (1) (a) 1. at 10 percent and the measure under
sub. (1) (a) 1m. at 90 percent.
115.385(1g)(c)3.
3. If the percentage of economically disadvantaged pupils in the school or school district membership is more than 5 percent but less than 65 percent, the department shall determine the weight of the measures under
sub. (1) (a) 1m. as follows:
115.385(1g)(c)3.b.
b. Multiply the quotient determined under
subd. 3. a. by the percentage of economically disadvantaged pupils in the school or school district membership.
115.385(1g)(c)4.
4. If the percentage of economically disadvantaged pupils in the school or school district membership is more than 5 percent but less than 65 percent, the department shall determine the weight of the measures under
sub. (1) (a) 1. by subtracting the weight given to the measures under
sub. (1) (a) 1m. as determined under
subd. 3. from 100.
115.385(1g)(d)
(d) For purposes of measuring a school district's improvement, the department may not include data derived from a virtual charter school that is considered to be located in the school district under
s. 118.51 (18) if at least 50 percent of the pupils attending the virtual charter school are attending under
s. 118.51.
115.385 Note
NOTE: Sub. (1g) was created as sub. (1m) by
2015 Wis. Act 55 and renumbered to sub. (1g) by the legislative reference bureau under s. 13.92 (1) (bm) 2.
115.385(1m)
(1m) The department may not publish an accountability report for the 2014-15 school year.
115.385(2)
(2) Beginning [115.383 (3)] with the accountability report published for the 2015-16 school year, the department shall include in its annual school accountability report under
sub. (1) charter schools established under
s. 118.40 (2r) or
(2x) and private schools participating in a parental choice program under
s. 118.60 or
119.23. The department shall use the same criteria to measure the performance of all schools included in the annual school accountability report.
115.385 Note
NOTE: Sub (2) is shown as affected by
2015 Wis. Acts 55 and
195 and as merged by the legislative reference bureau under s. 13.92 (2) (i). The text in brackets was inserted by
2015 Wis. Act 195 but rendered without effect by the treatment by
2015 Wis. Act 55. Corrective legislation is pending.
115.385(3)
(3) On an accountability report published for a private school participating in a program under
s. 118.60 or
119.23, the department shall specify the percentage of pupils attending the private school under the program and comply with one of the following:
115.385(3)(a)
(a) For a private school that submits achievement data only for those pupils attending the private school under the program, assign to the private school a performance category derived from data about those pupils attending the private school under the program.
115.385(3)(b)
(b) For a private school that submits achievement data for those pupils attending the private school under
s. 118.60 or
119.23 and achievement data for all other pupils attending the private school, assign to the private school a performance category derived from data about pupils attending the school under
s. 118.60 or
119.23 and identify the performance category as the choice pupil performance category. The department shall also assign a 2nd performance category, derived from data about all pupils attending the private school including pupils attending the private school under
s. 118.60 or
119.23, as the private school performance category.
115.385(4)
(4) Annually, each public school, including a charter school, and each private school participating in a parental choice program under
s. 118.60 or
119.23 shall provide a copy of the school's accountability report to the parent or guardian of each pupil enrolled in or attending the school. Each school shall simultaneously provide to the parent or guardian of each pupil enrolled in the school a list of the educational options available to children who reside in the pupil's resident school district, including public schools, private schools participating in a parental choice program, charter schools, virtual schools, full-time open enrollment, youth options, course options, and options for pupils enrolled in a home-based private educational program.
115.385(5)
(5) Beginning in the 2017-18 school year and biennially thereafter, the appropriate standing committee of each house of the legislature shall conduct a review of school and school district accountability reports published under this section.
115.385 History
History: 2013 a. 20;
2015 a. 20,
55,
195,
212; s. 13.92 (1) (bm), (2) (i).
115.405
115.405
Grant program for peer review and mentoring. 115.405(1)(a)(a) A cooperative educational service agency or a consortium consisting of 2 or more school districts or cooperative educational service agencies, or a combination thereof, may apply to the department for a grant to provide technical assistance and training for teachers who are licensed or have been issued a permit under
ss. 115.28 (7) and
118.192 to implement peer review and mentoring programs. An applicant for a grant under this subsection shall submit to the department a plan identifying the school districts and cooperative educational service agencies that will participate in the peer review and mentoring program and describing how the grant funds will be allocated. As a condition of receiving a grant under this subsection, a cooperative educational service agency or a consortium shall provide matching funds in an amount equal to at least 20 percent of the amount of the grant awarded. The matching funds may be in the form of money or in-kind services or both.
115.405(1)(b)
(b) The department shall award grants under
par. (a) from the appropriation under
s. 20.255 (2) (fk). The department may not award more than $25,000 to an applicant in a fiscal year.
115.405(3)
(3) The department shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.
115.405 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also ch.
PI 38, Wis. adm. code.
115.41
115.41
Teacher improvement program. The state superintendent shall operate a program to provide prospective teachers with one-semester internships under the supervision of licensed teachers. The program may also fund in-service activities and professional staff development research projects. The state superintendent shall charge school districts fees for participation in the program. Program costs shall be paid from the appropriation under
s. 20.255 (1) (hg).
115.415
115.415
Educator effectiveness. 115.415(1)(a)(a) The department shall develop an educator effectiveness evaluation system and an equivalency process aligned with the department's evaluation system for the evaluation of teachers and principals of public schools, including teachers and principals of a charter school established under
s. 118.40 (2r) or
(2x), as provided in this section. Subject to
par. (b), each school board and the operator of each charter school established under
s. 118.40 (2r) or
(2x) shall evaluate teachers and principals in the school district or charter school beginning in the 2014-15 school year.
115.415(1)(b)
(b) For the evaluation of teachers and principals in the 2014-15 school year, the school board and the operator of a charter school established under
s. 118.40 (2r) may not consider pupil performance on statewide assessments administered under
s. 118.30 in the 2014-15 school year and may not include pupil performance on those assessments in the evaluation score assigned to a teacher or principal under the educator effectiveness evaluation system developed under this section.
115.415(2)
(2) The department shall develop an educator effectiveness evaluation system according to the following framework, and may charge a fee to a school district and the governing board of a charter school established under
s. 118.40 (2r) or
(2x) to use the system developed under this subsection:
115.415(2)(a)
(a) Fifty percent of the total evaluation score assigned to a teacher or principal shall be based upon measures of student performance, including performance on state assessments, district-wide assessments, student learning objectives, school-wide reading at the elementary and middle-school levels, and graduation rates at the high school level.
115.415(2)(b)
(b) Fifty percent of the total evaluation score assigned to a teacher or principal shall be based upon one of the following:
115.415(2)(b)1.
1. For a teacher, the extent to which the teacher's practice meets the core teaching standards adopted by the 2011 Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium.
115.415(2)(b)2.
2. For a principal, the extent to which the principal's practice meets the 2008 Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium Educational Leadership Policy Standards.
115.415(2)(c)
(c) A teacher or principal evaluated under this subsection shall be placed in one of multiple performance categories.
115.415(3)(a)(a) The department shall promulgate by rule an equivalency process aligned with the evaluation system established under
sub. (2) for a school district, a charter school under contract with a school board that is not an instrumentality of the school district, or a charter school established under
s. 118.40 (2r) or
(2x) seeking to utilize an alternative process for the evaluation of teacher and principal practice. The process under this subsection shall be based on the criteria established in the 2011 Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium and the 2008 Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium Educational Leadership Policy Standards, and a school district, charter school under contract with a school board that is not an instrumentality of the school district, or charter school established under
s. 118.40 (2r) or
(2x) that uses the process under this subsection shall evaluate the performance of teachers in the following domains:
115.415(3)(b)
(b) A teacher or principal evaluated under this subsection shall be placed in one of multiple performance categories.
115.415(4)
(4) From the appropriation under
s. 20.255 (2) (ek), the department may award grants to school districts and the governing board of a charter school established under
s. 118.40 (2r) or
(2x) to implement an educator effectiveness evaluation system developed under
sub. (2) or an equivalency process established by rule under
sub. (3).
115.42
115.42
Grants for national teacher certification or master educator licensure. 115.42(1)(a)(a) The department shall award a grant to any person who satisfies all of the following requirements:
115.42(1)(a)1.
1. The person is certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards or licensed by the department as a master educator under
s. PI 34.19, Wis. Adm. Code.
115.42(1)(a)2.
2. The person is licensed as a teacher by the state superintendent or employed as a teacher in a private school or tribal school located in this state.
115.42(1)(a)5.
5. If the person was evaluated under
s. 115.415 in the previous school year, the person was placed in the “effective" or “highly effective" performance category in the applicable educator effectiveness system, as determined by the department.
115.42(1)(b)
(b) The grant under this subsection shall be an amount equal to the costs of obtaining certification or licensure under
par. (a) 1. that are borne by the person, not to exceed $2,000. The department shall award the grant under this subsection in the first school year in which the person meets the requirements under
par. (a).
115.42(2)(a)(a) Except as provided in
par. (c), the department shall award 9 grants of $2,500 each to each person who received a grant under
sub. (1) if the person satisfies all of the following requirements:
115.42(2)(a)1.
1. The person maintains his or her national teacher certificate or master educator license.
115.42(2)(a)2.
2. The person maintains his or her license as a teacher issued by the state superintendent or remains employed in a private school or tribal school located in this state.
115.42(2)(a)4.
4. The person remains employed as a teacher in this state.
115.42(2)(bL)
(bL) The department shall award the grants under this subsection annually, one grant in each of the school years following the school year in which the grant under
sub. (1) was awarded and in which the person satisfies the requirements under
par. (a).
115.42(2)(c)
(c) The amount of each grant under
par. (a) shall be $5,000 in any school year in which the recipient is employed in a school in which at least 60 percent of the pupils enrolled satisfy the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under
42 USC 1758 (b) (1).
115.42(2)(d)
(d) In any of the 9 school years following the receipt of a grant under
sub. (1) in which the grant recipient is evaluated under
s. 115.415, if the grant recipient is placed in a performance category other than the “effective" or “highly effective" performance category in the applicable educator effectiveness system, as determined by the department, he or she is not eligible for a grant under this subsection in that school year.
115.42(3)
(3) The department may not require, as a condition for renewing a person's teaching license, that the person have earned continuing professional education credits or their equivalent in the 5 years immediately preceding his or her application for renewal if he or she has been initially certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards during those 5 years.
115.42(4)
(4) The department shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this section, including rules relating to all of the following:
115.42(4)(a)
(a) The application process, including necessary documentation.
115.42(4)(b)
(b) The selection process for grant recipients.
115.42(4)(c)
(c) The number of times that a teacher may be exempt from continuing professional education requirements under
sub. (3).
115.42 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also ch.
PI 37, Wis. adm. code.
115.425
115.425
Professional standards council for teachers. The professional standards council for teachers shall do all of the following:
