Elementary Scorecard

Wisconsin Redefining Ready Elementary Scorecard focuses on readiness for middle school with metrics vetted in research.  The Middle School Readiness Indicators for elementary school students are attendance rate, reading readiness, self-regulation, math readiness, and Forward Exam results.

Attendance Rate: Less than 10% absenteeism is a predictor of 3rd grade reading success.

Self-Regulation: Children’s self-regulation skills - ability to maintain engaged focus, stay on task, inhibit inappropriate behaviors and delay gratification - predicts later school success.  

Reading Readiness: Third grade literacy is correlated with reading and English language arts (ELA) proficiency on state assessment at the middle grades level.

Math Readiness: Preschool math skills support first-grade math skills, which support fifth-grade math knowledge.

WI Forward Exam: Reading comprehension depends heavily on student’s vocabulary and background knowledge, students need a curriculum rich in content not only in English language arts and math but also in science, history, geography, civics, and the arts. 

Middle School Scorecard

Wisconsin Redefining Ready Middle School Scorecard focuses on readiness for high school with metrics vetted in research.  High School Readiness Indicators for middle school students are grade point average, attendance, passing core classes, co-curricular involvement, passing all classes, self-regulation, identified academic and career plan and Forward Exam results.

Attendance Rate:  Less than 10% absenteeism in middle school is a predictor of post-secondary success.

Core Classes:  Core GPA is the strongest single predictor of 11th grade on track status.  

Self-Regulation:  Students who were removed from school for out of school suspensions more than .5 days and fewer than 3 days in the prior school year are given a moderate risk of not graduating within 4 years of entering high school.  Students suspended or expelled for 3 or more days are given a High risk.

3.0 GPA:  8th grade core GPA is the strongest predictor of whether students earn A’s and B’s in 9th grade.

Identified Academic and Career Plan:  Middle school is the time when students can benefit the most from career exploration.

Advanced and Proficient on Forward Exam:  Percent of student passing all ELA and Mathematics courses meeting the benchmarks on state exams correlates with post-secondary success.

High School scorecard

Wisconsin Redefining Ready High School Scorecard focuses on readiness for college and career with metrics vetted in research.  College Readiness Indicators for high school students are grade point average, attendance, taking Advanced Placement (AP) classes, taking dual credit classes, grade point average, completion of Algebra II, and ACT results

Career Readiness Indicators for high school students are attendance, co-curricular involvement, community service, workplace learning, earning industry recognized credentials, and taking dual credit courses.

Research highlights: 

• Course attendance is 8 times more predictive of success in freshman year than eighth grade test scores.

• Students who successfully complete Algebra II are twice as likely to complete a 4-year degree.

• Students who have a 2.8 GPA graduating high school have a 71% likelihood of reaching the American middle class. 

• Students engaged in co-curricular activities are more likely to pursue higher education.

• Completing community service to fulfill class requirements enhances the average odds of college graduation by 22 percentage points.

Those who took an AP or International Baccalaureate (IB) course were found to be 17 percent more likely to persist in four-year colleges and 30 percent more likely to persist in two-year colleges.  There were similar findings for dual enrollment students.