Under Madison’s approach, a student who receives an A in a standard class earns the same 4.0 grade points as a student who gets an A in an AP class.
District officials also decided not to implement a tiebreaker for students with identical GPAs, meaning all students with GPAs in the top 10% and 5% were identified as qualifying for automatic admission, even if the total number of students then exceeded the 10% and 5% ratios.
But this week, the district announced it had to change course and developed a new ranking criteria to break ties if students have the same GPA.
Under the proposal, the district would first consider a student’s composite ACT score and then weigh the number of successfully completed college-level courses, including AP and dual-enrollment courses. Then, if needed, the district would rely on attendance rates.
The proposal reflects “indicators linked to college success and persistence,” according to a memo to the School Board written by Mary Jankovich, the district’s executive director of college, career and community readiness, and Langston Evans, a director of college and career readiness.
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He declined to provide numbers showing how many more Madison students than the 10% and 5% ratios were awarded eligibility in previous years, directing the Cap Times to submit a formal records request for that information.
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Early Literacy Screener Map.
3,887 Madison 4 year old to third grade students scored lower than 75% of the students in the national comparison group.
Madison taxpayers have long supported far above average k-12 tax & $pending. This despite our long term, disastrous reading results. May, 2026: 7,095 Staff for 25,003 students; $pending > $26k per student!
Madison Schools: More $, No Accountability
The taxpayer funded Madison School District long used Reading Recovery…
The data clearly indicate that being able to read is not a requirement for graduation at (Madison) East, especially if you are black or Hispanic”
A.B.T.: “Ain’t been taught.”
My Question to Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers on Teacher Mulligans and our Disastrous Reading Results
2017: West High Reading Interventionist Teacher’s Remarks to the School Board on Madison’s Disastrous Reading Results
Madison’s taxpayer supported K-12 school district, despite spending far more than most, has long tolerated disastrous reading results.
“An emphasis on adult employment”
Wisconsin Public Policy Forum Madison School District Report[PDF]
WEAC: $1.57 million for Four Wisconsin Senators
Friday Afternoon Veto: Governor Evers Rejects AB446/SB454; an effort to address our long term, disastrous reading results
Booked, but can’t read (Madison): functional literacy, National citizenship and the new face of Dred Scott in the age of mass incarceration.
When A Stands for Average: Students at the UW-Madison School of Education Receive Sky-High Grades. How Smart is That?