MEMORANDUM
From: Nate Perry - District Administrator
To: Parents and Guardians
RE: Notice of District Academic Standards in Effect for 2024-25 School Year
Date: July 11, 2024
Wisconsin Act 55 (2015) requires school boards to provide notice of academic
standards adopted under Wis. Stat. 118.30(1g)(a)1 that will be in effect for the upcoming
school year. School boards are required to include this notice as an item on the agenda
for the first school board meeting of the fiscal year. The new fiscal year began on
Monday, July 1, 2024.
At last night’s meeting of the Board of Education for the Evansville Community School
District voted 7-0 to re-adopt the current Wisconsin Academic Standards and Common
Core State Standards that will be in place for the 2024-25 school year.
● The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) apply specifically to English
Language Arts (Literacy) and Mathematics. This website is searchable by
content area, grade level, and standard.
● Wisconsin Academic Standards address other content areas including
Agriculture, Art, Business, Health, Music, Physical Education, Social Studies, and
World Languages.
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction states that academic standards “specify
what students should know and be able to do in the classroom. They serve as goals for
teaching and learning. Setting high standards enables students, parents, educators, and
citizens to know what students should have learned at a given point in time.”
This notice has been sent to parents district-wide. The section on Student Academic
Standards will be updated on the district's website on its Annual Notices webpage.
Questions regarding academic standards can be directed to Mark Schwartz, the
Director of Curriculum & Instruction, at SchwartzM@evansville.k12.wi.us or (608)
882-3382.
