Forward Exam
- News
Two Audits of DPI Slip to Late Fall; State Won’t Say Why
Two state audits of the Department of Public Instruction are running late, and the agency conducting them won’t say why. The nonpartisan Legislative Audit…
- Opinion
Everything Wrong With Wisconsin’s Education Bureaucracy in One Speech
If you tuned into State Superintendent Jill Underly’s “State of Education” address at the Capitol Thursday, you witnessed a classic (and predictable) display…
- News
DOJ Prod Gets DPI to Release $8M Forward Exam Workplan & Waterpark Workshop Details
It took 14 months, a mountain of ignored requests, the retention of a respected public policy legal powerhouse and a formal intervention by the Wisconsin…
- News
Dairyland Sentinel Asks AG Kaul to Force DPI Open Records Compliance
The Dairyland Sentinel filed a formal request Tuesday asking Attorney General Josh Kaul to intervene after the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction…
- News
DPI response fails to make the grade
A Dairyland Sentinel perspectives column by Brian Fraley The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction has many problems. They’re self righteous, secretive…
- News
The list: Did an employee from your school attend the $368k dollar DPI waterpark conference?
By Brian Fraley, Publisher, Dairyland Sentinel When the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) released its technical report on the 2024 Forward…
- News
Delayed DPI Records Reveal Taxpayers Soaked with $368K Water Park Resort Bill to Weaken State Exam Standards
By Brian Fraley, Dairyland Sentinel Publisher UPDATE 6:18pm As a result of Dairyland Sentinel’s reporting, this afternoon the Joint Finance Committee delayed…
- News
275 Days Later: Underly, DPI Still Withhold Public Records on Lowering of State Education Standards
As of Thursday, October 23, 2025, it will have been 275 days since the Dairyland Sentinel filed a lawful open-records request with the Wisconsin Department…
- News
WILL Urges DPI to Overhaul School Report Cards for Greater Transparency
The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) submitted a detailed set of recommendations to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) on…
- News
Milwaukee Public Schools Slammed in Scathing Audit
An independent review ordered by Gov. Tony Evers says Milwaukee Public Schools has no clear vision for teaching, gives principals and teachers too little…
- News
Wisconsin DPI Moves to “Update” School Report Card Ratings Amid Ongoing Transparency Concerns
Delafield, WI – May 27, 2025 – The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI), led by State Superintendent Dr. Jill Underly, announced today, that it…
- News
Evers Vetoes Bill to Reverse Underly’s Testing Changes, Sparks Debate
Published March 28, 2025 MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers vetoed Assembly Bill 1 on Friday, a Republican-backed measure aimed at undoing State Superintendent…
- News
64 Days Later: Underly, DPI Refuse to Grant Access to Public Records Surrounding Lowering of State Ed Standards
Originally Published March 26, 2025 Sixty-four days have passed since the Dairyland Sentinel filed an open records request with the Wisconsin Department of…
- News
Underly, DPI Shrug Off Complaints Over State Benchmarks; Superintendent and Her Department Have Yet to Comply With Open Records Request
2.6.25 This is an update to an earlier Dairyland Sentinel post. Although still not providing records requested by Dairyland Sentinel last month, the…
- News
Dairyland Sentinel Files Records Request with DPI Over Forward Exam Benchmark Changes
Originally published, January 21, 2025 The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) has recently undergone a significant overhaul of the Wisconsin…