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Ohio Department of Education
Ohio Continues
to Raise the Bar for Achievement
Links for all districts provided below
Parents will get a detailed look at how well local schools are
educating their children with today’s release of the second set of
grades on the annual Ohio Department of Education’s Ohio School Report
Cards.
Users can find the grades and other data for all schools and districts,
including community and other schools, at reportcard.education.ohio.gov.
“Ohio parents need to know how well our schools are preparing their
students to succeed in college and their careers,” said Dr. Lonny J.
Rivera, interim state superintendent of public instruction. “Ohio’s
annual report cards show how our schools are doing and where they can
improve.”
Districts and schools were graded on ten measures of effectiveness for
the 2014-2015 school year. The department previously released grades on
three of the ten measures in January. More information about the
measures can be found here.
The most recent report card looks at student progress during the
2014-2015 school year, student achievement on state tests and whether
schools are reducing achievement and graduation gaps affecting
populations such as minority, English language learning and
economically disadvantaged students.
Some districts may see lower report card grades on some measures this
year because Ohio has raised expectations for what its students must
learn in the classroom, introducing rigorous learning standards and new
state tests to match those standards.
“We’ve long expected that grades might decline as we began to raise the
bar for our students and schools,” Rivera said. “We believe both
teachers and students will take steps to adjust to the new standards
and tests.”
Nearly 99 percent of Ohio students took state tests last year. Even
with the vast majority of student participation, the department of
education will show district Performance Index grades with and without
students who participated in state tests.
Last summer, Ohio lawmakers passed a provision calling for a “safe
harbor” to give students and schools time to adjust to the new
standards and tests.
During this safe harbor, districts will not include student progress as
part of teacher evaluations unless districts and teachers agree to use
the data. Schools also will not use student test scores to hold
students back, except for meeting high school graduation requirements
and scores on the state’s third grade reading test. State results for
the Third Grade Reading Guarantee will be released in the coming
months, as in the past.
Get results for...
Ansonia Local Schools here
Arcanum-Butler Local School District here
Bradford Excempted Village School District here
Franklin Monroe Local School District here
Greenville City School District here
Mississinawa Valley Local School District here
Tri-Village Local School District here
Versailles Exempted Village School District here
See Bluebag interview with Greenville Supt. Doug Fries here
Get results for all Ohio school districts, career technology programs
and alternative options here
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