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The Ohio Department of Education released report cards for school districts in September 2018. Districts receive notes on key elements of their performance, based on detailed data in each of these categories.
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EXPLAINING THE GRADES
Success: Grades schools based on their overall grades in state tests. The performance index is weighted at 75% and the "standards achieved" are the remaining 25%. There are 31 state exams and, in most cases, schools need 70 to 80% of students for the school to meet each standard.
Performance index: A subset of achievement, it is the most detailed measurement of the performance of state tests. This goes beyond mere control, giving more credit to the better performers and less credit to the weaker ones.
Progress: Judge if the students have achieved a year of academic growth from the last school year. Based on what the state's percentile pupils earn each year.
Closing gap (AMO): Indicates whether each subgroup of students (by race, economics, disability, etc.) has reduced performance gaps in relation to the entire student body.
Graduation rate: Displays degrees earned within four or five years of the beginning of the ninth year. The four-year rate measures the students who would normally become the class of 2015. The five-year rate measures the class of 2014.
Improvement of K-3 literacy: Measures the percentage of struggling readers who regain mastery in the third year. Schools with less than 5% of kindergarten children below average are not ranked.
Prepared to succeed: Attempts to measure student readiness for the future through ACT / SAT scores, honorary degrees, industry credentials and participation in university credit programs.
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