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| Highlights of Summer/Fall 2009 Changes |
Data Updates - Academic Performance.2008-09 ACT scores have been posted. Data Updates - Programs, Staff, Money. 2008-09 school-supported activities, graduation requirements, advanced course offerings, staffing patterns (student to staff ratios), and teacher qualifications have been posted. Data Updates - Attendance and Behavior. 2008-09 habitual truancy rates and participation in school-supported activities, and coursetaking data have been posted. |
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| Highlights of Winter/Spring 2009 Changes |
Download Options. A single statewide file can now be downloaded for selected WINSS topics. Go to Using WINSS Download Options, and scroll to "Single Statewide File for all CESAs Combined" near the bottom of the page. Data Updates - Academic Performance. Results of 2008-09 state tests have been posted. See WSAS Tips. 2007-08 data about grade advancement / retention, high school graduation / completion rates, Advanced Placement Program ® (AP) Exam results, and postgraduation plans have been posted. Data Updates - Programs, Staff, Money. 2007-08 staffing patterns (student to staff ratios), and district spending have been posted. Data Updates - Attendance and Behavior. 2007-08 attendance rates, student suspension and expulsion rates, and incidents resulting in suspension or expulsion,and dropouts have been posted. Data Updates - Student Demographics. 2008-09 public enrollment by grade, gender, race/ethnicity, English language proficiency, disability status, primary disability, and poverty status have been added. |
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| Highlights of Fall 2008 Changes |
Data Updates - Academic Performance. Results of 2007-08 state tests have been posted. See WSAS Tips. 2006-07 data about grade advancement / retention, high school graduation / completion rates, Advanced Placement Program ® (AP) Exams, and postgraduation plans have been posted. Data Updates - Programs, Staff, Money. 2007-08 school-supported activities, graduation requirements, advanced course offerings have been posted. Data Updates - Attendance and Behavior. 2007-08 habitual truancy rates and participation in school-supported activities, coursetaking have been posted. |
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| Highlights of Summer 2008 Changes |
Download Options. The Download Options page has been updated to include data files through 2006-07. Coursework data have not yet been updated. For information about using this WINSS feature, see Using WINSS Download Options. Data Updates - Academic Performance. 2007-08 ACT scores have been posted. Data Updates - Programs, Staff, Money. 2007-08 data about teacher qualifications have been posted. Data Updates - Attendance and Behavior. 2006-07 student suspension rates, student expulsion rates, and incidents resulting in suspension or expulsion have been posted. |
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| Highlights of Spring 2008 Changes |
Data Topics A Through Z. An alphabetic list of data topics covered by the WINSS Data Analysis Section is provided. This list includes direct links to state level data about the topic and explains how to get district and school level data about the same topic. Data Updates - Academic Performance. Results of 2007-08 state tests have been posted. See WSAS Tips. 2006-07 data about grade advancement / retention, high school graduation / completion rates, Advanced Placement Program ® (AP) Exams, and postgraduation plans have been posted. Data Updates - Programs, Staff, Money. 2006-07 school-supported activities, graduation requirements, advanced course offerings, staffing patterns (student to staff ratios), and district spending have been posted. Data Updates - Attendance and Behavior. 2006-07 attendance, habitual truancy rates, participation in school-supported activities, coursetaking, and dropouts have been posted. Data Updates - Student Demographics. 2007-08 public enrollment by grade, gender, race/ethnicity, English language proficiency, disability status, primary disability, and poverty status have been added. |
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| Highlights of Fall 2007 Changes |
Data Updates - Programs, Staff, Money. 2006-07 data about teacher qualifications have been posted. |
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| Highlights of Summer 2007 Changes |
Data Updates - Academic Performance. 2006-07 ACT scores have been posted. |
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| Highlights of Spring 2007 Changes |
Data Updates - Academic Performance. Results of state tests taken during November 2006 have been posted. See WSAS Tips. Also data have been added about 2005-06 grade advancement / retention, high school graduation / completion rates, advanced placement program exam results, and postgraduation plans. Data Updates - Programs, Staff, Money. 2005-06 school-supported activities, graduation requirements, advanced course offerings, staffing patterns (student to staff ratios), and district spending have been added. Data Updates - Attendance and Behavior. 2005-06 attendance, habitual truancy rates, participation in school-supported activities, coursetaking, student suspension and expulsion rates, and incidents resulting in suspension or expulsion, and dropouts have been added. Data Updates - Student Demographics. 2006-07 public enrollment by grade, gender, race/ethnicity, English language proficiency, disability status, primary disability, and poverty status have been added. |
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| Highlights of Fall 2006 Changes |
Statewide Test Results. The Scatterplots tool has been updated to reflect the expanded set of tested grades and to included the combined grades option. It is also now possible to download all the data used in the creation of the scatterplots. Other Data Updates. 2004-05 dropouts, graduates, attendance, and postgraduation plans have been added. 2005-06 teacher qualifications data have also been added. |
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| Highlights of Summer 2006 Changes |
Statewide Test Results. Combined Grades option has been added. Users select a subject (Reading, Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, or Social Studies) and then select the "Combined Grades" option from the "Grade" row above the graph. The Similar Schools/Districts tool has been updated to reflect the expanded set of tested grades. Enrollment Update. 2005-06 enrollment counts have been posted. Updates include data by grade, gender, race/ethnicity, and disability status by school. Enrollment by Primary Disability. 2005-06 enrollment counts by primary disability have been posted. Other Data Updates. 2005-06 ACT scores, 2004-05 school-supported activities (offerings and participation), district spending, coursetaking, course offerings, student suspension and expulsion rates, and incidents resulting in suspension or expulsion have been added. |
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| Highlights of Spring 2006 Changes |
Statewide Test Results. November 2005 results have been posted. Students in grades 3 and 5-7 are now included in statewide reading and mathematics testing. Students at grades 4, 8, and 10 continue to be tested in reading, language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. Counts of students are combined across grades and proficiency categories and are used retroactively to November 2003. Statewide test results can now be downloaded directly from WINSS pages to facilitate further data analysis by users. Other Data Updates. 2005-06 adequate yearly progress reports , 2004-05 advanced placement program exam results, 2004-05 graduation requirements, and 2004-05 truancy rates had been added. |
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| Highlights of Fall 2005 Changes |
Special Education Data. Enrollment by primary disability and dropouts by disability status have been added. Data Updates. 2004-05 enrollment by grade, gender, race, disability, and economic status have been added. Staff, teacher quality, and ACT data have been updated. |
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| Highlights of Summer 2005 Changes |
Data Updates. March 2005 statewide grade 3 reading test results have been posted. |
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| Highlights of May 2005 Changes |
Data Updates. More 2003-04 data have been added including grade advancement/retention, finance, school-supported activities, truancy, attendance, suspensions, and expulsions. 2004-05 statewide test results have been posted. |
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| Highlights of February 2005 Changes |
Download Options. Users can now download all data on WINSS for specific Data Analysis questions. Select years, locations, and questions of interest. Each year, location, and question are included in a separate file. Data are zipped and in comma delimited format. Click on "Download Options" (on left side of most graphs pages and on the Data Analysis home page) or go to WINSS Download Options. For more information, see Using WINSS Download Options. Data Updates. 2003-04 coursework, staff, and graduation requirements have been added. District and school websites and athletic conferences have also been updated. |
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| Highlights of Summer 2004 Changes |
Download Data from Page. Users can now download CSV files containing all the information displayed on any WINSS data analysis page plus codes and counts that might be useful in combining data across years, topics, categories or groups. Click on "Download data from this page" (below the WINSS graph/table) to request a csv file. As with screen versions of these data, some data are not reported to protect student privacy. Wisconsin Alternate Assessment (WAA) Results. Users can now view WKCE and WAA results by proficiency level with percents combined or reported separately. One to two percent of students statewide take WAA in lieu of WKCE. Performances on WKCE and WAA are reported according to the same four proficiency categories: advanced, proficient, basic, minimal performance. Proficiency categories for students with limited English proficiency participating in WAA describe achievement levels that correspond to WKCE categories. Proficiency categories for students with disabilities participating in WAA describe achievement levels below the range tested on WKCE. Combined WAA and WKCE results are available beginning with November 2002 results. WAA performances by proficiency category were not collected in prior years. Data Updates. 2003-04 WSAS test results and teacher quality data have been added. |
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| Highlights of March 2004 Changes |
More Report Card Data. Teacher quality data have been added. This includes state, district, and school data about Wisconsin license status, ESEA qualified status, experience, and education level by subject taught. Scatterplots. Scatterplots have been added to compare qualifications of teachers (e.g. Wisconsin license status, experience, education, etc.) in your district/school to other districts/schools in the state, your CESA, or your county, and to examine possible associations between teacher qualifications and other variables (e.g. school poverty level, district or school size, district spending, % students of color). Data Updates. 2002-03 school performance report data have been added. |
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| Highlights of February 2004 Changes |
| Where can we find needs assessment surveys? |
School Climate Survey for Staff. Download flyer.
Staff morale and philosophy are key to a successful school. The School Climate Survey for Staff was designed to help school improvement planning teams assess the status of staff perceptions about the school. Questions address work style, beliefs about student achievement, attachment to the school and perceptions about staff morale. The surveys are taken from "Data Analysis for Comprehensive School Reform" by Victoria Berhardt, Eye on Education, Inc 1998. The online version of the survey was made possible by the North Central Regional
Educational Laboratory. 
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| Highlights of November 2003 Changes |
| High academic standards |
Curriculum Wizard. This on-line resource guides teachers step-by-step through the development of a standards-based course of study consisting of multiple teaching units and lessons organized around concepts and themes. The wizard includes links to relevant standards, rules, research-based strategies, highly quality sample lessons, and practical suggestions on the DPI Website. The process ends with a complete curriculum unit stored on the user's computer.
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| Highlights of November 2003 Changes |
| What indicates success in standards of the heart? |
Standards of the Heart Assessment Planning Tool. Download flyer.
Are you looking for ways to document that students are developing the leadership and interpersonal skills that will help them become caring, contributing, productive members of society? This on-line workshop helps educators develop local benchmarks and assessment methods to document student progress in attaining standards of the heart. Based on 5 years of work by over 140 schools engaged in the DPI Partnerships in Character Education Grant, this workshop includes many examples of assessment methods being used in WI schools.
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| Highlights of September 2003 Changes |
| Where can we find planning tools? |
School Improvement Planning Tool. Download flyer.
This tool automatically presents the data on WINSS pertaining to your students and school as part of a step-by-step planning process. Using the tool helps school improvement teams set goals, select research based strategies to meet the goals and establish evaluation criteria to measure success. This on-line tool is compatible with CESA data retreats or other research based improvement planning processes. The program allows school improvement teams to download their plans, edit them over time or email them to others for feedback. Resulting plans meet Federal requirements for schools identified for improvement.
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| Highlights of July 2003 Changes |
Data Updates. 2002-03 statewide test results at grades 3, 4, 8, and 10 have been added. New Data. Changes have been made in the data, graphs, options at grades 4, 8, and 10 to reflect requirements of ESEA, new cutscores, and new alternate assessment proficiency levels. |
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| Highlights of
March 2003 Changes |
| High academic standards |
Where can we find classroom resources aligned with state standards? Curriculum Resource Center. Download flyer. Search over 1800 instructional TV programs using keywords, Wisconsin academic standards, or grade level. These resources were made possible by the support of the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board.  |
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March 2003 Changes |
| Where can we find needs assessment surveys? |
School Climate Surveys for Students. Download flyer.
Many schools are interested in gauging the perceptions of students as part of a local needs assessment process for developing improvement plans. These on-line surveys are appropriate for students in grades 3-12. The surveys
are taken from "Data Analysis for Comprehensive School Reform" by Victoria Berhardt, Eye on Education, Inc 1998. The online version of the surveys was made possible by the North Central Regional
Educational Laboratory.
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| Highlights of February 2003 Changes |
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Clickable Map. Find data for your school or district by clicking on a map location. Data Updates. The latest enrollment, poverty, attendance, truancy, dropouts, graduation, advanced placement test, staffing, financial data and more have been added. |
| Highlights of December 2002 Changes |
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More Report Card Data. Third grade test results and coursework data have been added. Selected Districts/Schools. View data about your district or school as compared to all districts or schools in your county, athletic conference or CESA. Navigation and Other Improvements. Switch from district to school views with one click. Viewing "Current Year Data Only" has been added to the "Compare To" options. Scatterplot Improvements. Scatterplots can be enlarged to improve readability by clicking on "Show Large Graph" on left side of page. You can identify districts and schools in the plots by clicking on a link below the graph, "View All Districts'/Schools' Data in Scatterplot." |
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| Highlights of
October 2002 Changes |
| Where can we find needs assessment surveys? |
Characteristics of Successful Schools Surveys. Download flyer. These Successful Schools Surveys will help identify a
school's perceived strengths in each of the seven "Characteristics of
Successful Schools" by collecting and summarizing the observations and
opinions of educators, parents, students, and/or community members. Each
group will likely have a different perspective on a school's programs.
Completing these surveys will help the school community develop and
implement a school improvement plan. These surveys were made possible by
the support of the North Central Regional
Educational Laboratory.
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| Highlights of
September 2002 Changes |
| High academic standards |
Where can we find classroom resources aligned with state standards? Curriculum Resource Center. Download flyer. Search the Web for classroom
resources aligned Wisconsin's model academic standards. The DPI data base
contains links to hundreds of Web resources (mostly lesson plans) provided by
National Council on Economics Education, the National Endowment for the
Humanities, the National Geographic Society, American Association for the
Advancement of Science, the Kennedy Center Arts Edge, the National Council
of Teachers of Mathematics. The Curriculum Resource Center was made possible by the support
of the MarcoPolo Education
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| Coming Soon on WINSS |
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We welcome your questions, comments, and suggestions about WINSS. Email: winss@dpi.wi.gov. Copyright: State of Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Phone: 1-800-441-4563 (U.S. only) / 608-266-3390 Submit questions or comments regarding this website to: webadmin@dpi.wi.gov
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