How will the Individual Student Enrollment System work? What student data will be collected?
All school districts will be expected to participate in the Individual Student Enrollment System with the program starting in 2004. Developing the system will require that every public school student in the state be assigned a unique student number, called the Wisconsin Student Number (WSN), by July 2004. The DPI will assign each student a WSN which, for data collection purposes, will be the student’s sole identifier throughout his or her PK-12 experience. Parents cannot opt their child out of being assigned a number in the system. In addition to the legal name of each student enrolled, public school districts will also supply the DPI with other data such as the student’s gender, race, birthdate, and at least one parent/guardian name. This information will prevent data collectors from confusing students with identical names, similarly-spelled names, or aliases, for example, multiple David Smiths. WSLS does not require birth certificates or other documentation, but districts might do so
