WISExplore Question Guide
WSAS Question Topics
Growth Question Topics
 Achievement by grade level
 Growth by grade level
 Achievement by grade level trends over time
Attendance Question
Topics
ACCESS Question Topics
 Progress in speaking
proficiency
 Growth Trends and Gaps by
Gender
 What are the differences in
attendance rates for groups of
students?
 Which students have chronic
absenteeism?
 Inconsistencies in grade level
achievement
 Growth Trends and Gaps by
Disability
 What is the achievement level
of low attending students?
 Progress in reading
proficiency
 Achievement differences
between comparisons (gaps)
 Growth Trends and Gaps by
Race/Ethnicity
 Progress in writing proficiency
 Gap Trends by Gender
 Growth Trends and Gaps by
ELL Status
 Progress in overall LEP levels
 Gap Trends by Disability
 Growth Trends and Gaps by
Economic Status
 Data on students who have
“exited” ELL status
 Gap Trends by Race/Ethnicity
 Gap Trends by ELL Status
 Gap Trends by Economic
Status
 Achievement by grade level
 Progress in listening
proficiency
WISExplore Question Guide
High School Completion
Question Topics
 What proportion of our
students graduate in 4 years?
… in 5 years? … in 6 years?
 What are our graduation rate
trends over time?
 What are the patterns of
students who are noncompleters?
 How many students graduate
with alternative diplomas?
 What are our graduation gaps
among subgroups of
students?
ACT Question Topics
 What proportion of our
students opted to take the
ACT in the past few years?
 Of those who take the ACT,
what percentage pass the
English benchmark score of 18
(are college ready)?
 What percentage pass the
Reading benchmark score of
21 (are college ready)?
 What percentage pass the
Math benchmark score of 22
(are college ready)?
 What percentage pass the
Science benchmark score of
24 (are college ready)?
 What is the average ACT
composite score for our high
school in the past few years?
Advanced Placement
Question Topics
Post-Secondary
Question Topics
 What proportion of our
students opts to take AP
exams?
 Which AP subject exams do
our students take?
 Where do our students go for
education after high school?
 What percentage passes AP
exams?
 What percentage goes to
public versus private schools?
 What are the differences
among subgroups who take
AP exams?
 What percentage enrolls in instate colleges versus out-ofstate?
 What proportion of graduates
enrolls in 2-year and 4-year
colleges?
 When did students enter postsecondary schools?