Sentences with phrase «public instruction spokesman»

Department of Public Instruction spokesman Tom McCarthy said lawmakers haven't contacted the department for input on drafting legislation.

Department of Public Instruction spokesman Tom McCarthy said when the amendment was introduced that lawmakers passed specific budget language outlining how the calculations would work.

And yet, «no publicly funded schools — traditional public, charters or private schools receiving voucher funds — have been shut down by the state for student performance,» said Department of Public Instruction spokesman Thomas McCarthy.

About 6.5 percent of Wisconsin's fourth - and eighth - grade students took the test early this year, according to Department of Public Instruction spokesman Patrick Gasper.

Students in fourth, eighth and 10th grades will continue to take the WKCE for science and social studies until new standards in those subjects are adopted and new tests are developed, which could be a few years away, according to Department of Public Instruction spokesman John Johnson.

The kindergarten screening recommendation would require some changes in law, but the goal is to have it in place as soon as possible, Department of Public Instruction spokesman Patrick Gasper said.

As for the amount of testing, Department of Public Instruction spokesman Patrick Gasper said Common Core requires no more testing and that the only new state tests, in ninth and 10th grades, were added by lawmakers as part of the last state budget.

Department of Public Instruction spokesman Tom McCarthy said in an email that Evers does not support the request, but added «we've never supported high - stakes decisions being made based on the results of standardized tests alone.»

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Jonathan Burman, a spokesman for the department and Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, said Wednesday, «We continue our efforts to inform the public about the improvements we've made to the tests and the important role they can play in improving instruction.»

In general, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Randy Dorn, supports charter schools, said Natahn Olson, spokesman for the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.

«We have no plans to ask for a refund of any funds we've given them,» said Nathan Olson, a spokesman for the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

The Department of Public Instruction supports those changes because private schools would still be subject to the state's report card system for public schools, spokesman Tom McCarthyPublic Instruction supports those changes because private schools would still be subject to the state's report card system for public schools, spokesman Tom McCarthypublic schools, spokesman Tom McCarthy said.

«We've been very involved in working on these standards since the process began last June,» Patrick Gasper, spokesman for Wisconsin's Department of Public Instruction, said Thursday morning.

Madison school officials corrected an error in data about student scores on reading tests, and that resulted in Sherman meeting the standard for showing improvement over the previous year, said Patrick Gasper, a spokesman for the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Walker and the Legislature already approved two budgets that laid the groundwork and funded new tests related to the standards, said Patrick Gasper, a spokesman for Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers, who supports the Common Core standards.