A Think Twice Review of:

The State of High School Education in Wisconsin: A Tale of Two Wisconsins

Think Twice - Feb 17, 2006

Publisher/Think Tank - Wisconsin Policy Research Institute

Author(s) -

This report calls for sweeping reforms in the state’s effort to reduce the widening achievement gap between rich and poor schools districts by increasing rigor in coursework.

Reviewer(s) - William Mathis, University of Vermont

Mathis’s review concludes that the report’s findings are riddled with ideological assumptions not substantiated by extensive previous research and socio-economic data and analyses.