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Wisconsin: Education

 

Quality of Education

 

Grading Local Public Schools

Poll Date
Pass
Fail
No opinion
 Sample MoE
SurveyUSA1 August 12-14, 2005
67%
28%
4%
 600 ± 3.8

1 "If you were grading the public schools where you live, and you could give the public schools either a passing grade or a failing grade how would you grade the public schools where you live?"

 

Education Standards and Performance Measures

 

Federal Role in Setting Academic Standards and Measuring Student Performance

Poll

Date
Insist states
set standards
Leave up
to states
In
between
No
opinion

Sample

MoE

Humphrey Institute1

June 21 –
July 12, 2004
25%
62%
11%
3%

575 RV

± 4.0

1 "Which statements comes closer to your point of view or do you fall somewhere in between: The government in Washington should insist that states set academic standards and measure student performance, OR the government should leave academic standards up to the states."

 

Higher Education

 

Cut UW-System Budget with Tuition Increase

Poll Date
Favor
Oppose
No opinion
 Sample MoE
WPR / St. Norbert College1 March 6-14, 2003
36%
55%
9%
 401 ± 4.9

1 "Governor Doyle has proposed cutting $250 million from the University of Wisconsin system's budget, but allows for a tuition increase to partially offset this cut. Do you favor or oppose this proposal?"

 

UW-System Tuition Hike vs. Decreases in Services and Enrollment

Poll Date
Tuition
hike
Service and
enrollment
decreases
No
opinion
 Sample MoE
WPR / St. Norbert College1 March 6-14, 2003
52%
38%
10%
 401 ± 4.9

1 "If you had to choose between a tuition hike in the University of Wisconsin system or a decrease in services and enrollment, which would you choose?"