The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction is working with the Midwest Comprehensive Center to develop a statewide math plan aimed at providing a more unified approach to improving math instruction in the state, Wisconsin Public Radio reported on Tuesday.
The Midwest Comprehensive Center, a regional group of the U.S. Department of Education, also is working on statewide math plans with school leaders in other Midwestern states, with Illinois approving its plan in June. The Center will spend the next few months working with Wisconsin DPI, higher education officials, school districts and other community partners in Wisconsin on the plan, WPR said.
With less than half of Wisconsin students are proficient in math at the fourth grade and eight grade levels, state leaders have been working on improving math education for Wisconsin students. That includes a bill introduced by Republicans in 2025, which failed to advance past the committee stage, that would have required schools to use consistent assessments and intervention plans for students who fell behind in math.
Tacara Lovings of DPI’s office of strategic initiatives told WPR that the plan is about “presenting a vision for mathematics, for instruction, and a plan that helps lay out that roadmap and a set of resources or technical assistance that the Department of Public Instruction can provide.”
