Ohio

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Ohios Report Card System. . . Ohio's
Accountability Scheme

• The yearly Report Card is Ohios way to insure
  accountability among its schools and communicate
  this accountability to the public.
• The Ohio Department of Education (aka, ODE)
  publishes an annual guide for understanding the
  Report Card.
• Have a job interview? The ODE Report Cards
  associated with the school and school district
  (and the most recent ODE guide) may be worth
  downloading. Why?

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Ohio School Performance Designations . . . Part I

• Schools and school districts earn designations
  from the State of Ohio based on their
  performance. These designations are
• Excellent with Distinction
• Excellent
• Effective
• Continuous Improvement
• Academic Watch
• Academic Emergency
• The School Year Report Card contains the evidence
  on which these designations are based and
  includes four components (next slides).

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State Report Card(Component 1 State Indicators
. . .)

• State Indicators - The State Indicators vary by
  year, but are generally based on the number of
  state assessments given over all tested grades.
  To earn each indicator, a district or school
  needs to have a certain percentage of students
  reach proficient or above a given assessment.
• Eighteen of the 2006-2007 State Indicators are
• Meeting or exceeding the goal of 75 percent
  proficient or above on
• 3rd-grade achievement tests reading, math
• 4th-grade achievement tests reading, math,
  writing
• 5th-grade achievement tests reading, math,
  science, social studies
• 6th-grade achievement tests reading, math
• 7th-grade achievement tests reading, math,
  writing
• 8th-grade achievement tests reading, math,
  science, social studies

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State Report Card(Component 1 State Indicators
- continued . . .)

• Twelve of the 2006-2007 State Indicators are
• Meeting or exceeding the goal of 75 percent
  proficient or above on
• Ohio Graduation Test (OGT) 10th-grade reading,
  mathematics, writing, science, social studies
• Meeting or exceeding the goal of 85 percent
  proficient or above on
• Ohio Graduation Test (OGT) Cumulative 10th and
  11th grade reading, mathematics, writing,
  science, social studies
• Meeting or exceeding the 90 percent state
  requirement in
• Graduation Rate
• Meeting or exceeding the 93 percent state
  requirement in
• Attendance Rate
• On the each district or school report card you
  will see the total of State Indicators met plus a
  check mark (v) by each met indicator.

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State Report Card(Component 2 Performance
Index . . .)

• Performance Index - This measure looks at the
  achievement of every student, not just those who
  score proficient or higher. All achievement tests
  have five performance levels advanced,
  accelerated, proficient, basic and limited.
• A student score at the advanced level earns 1.2
  points.
• An accelerated score earns 1.1 points.
• A proficient score earns 1.0 point.
• A basic score earns 0.6 points.
• A limited score earns 0.3 points.
• Students who are not tested receive zero points.
  Each weighted score is multiplied by the
  percentage of student scores at that level to
  generate a districts or schools Performance
  Index.

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State Report Card(Component 3 - AYP . . .)

• AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress) AYP originated
  from the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
  and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
  The idea is to measure achievement across groups
  so none are left behind.
• There are 10 student groups evaluated for AYP
  goals in reading and mathematics for the
  2007-2008 school year in every school or district
  where at least 30 tested students (aggregated
  across all tested grades) are in that group.
  Student groups are All Students, Black
  (Non-Hispanic), Native American, Asian/Pacific
  Islander, Hispanic, Multi-Racial, White
  (Non-Hispanic), Economically Disadvantaged,
  Limited English Proficient, Students with
  Disabilities.
• To meet AYP, every school and district must test
  at least 95 percent of the students enrolled at
  the time state tests are given. Additionally,
  every school and district must test at least 95
  percent of their students in each of the above 10
  groups.

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State Report Card(Component 3 AYP - continued
. . .)

• Districts can meet AYP in one of four ways (see
  ODE Handbook).
• AYP graduation and attendance goals are evaluated
  for schools and districts, but not each student
  group. Failure to meet any of the proficiency or
  participation goals, attendance levels or
  graduation targets results in the district or
  school missing AYP. AYP is scored MET or NOT
  MET.
• Consequences
• Ohio law states that a district or school that
  meets AYP can be designated no lower than
  Continuous Improvement.
• Additionally, the law states that a district or
  school that does not meet AYP goals for three
  consecutive years, and has more than one of the
  10 student groups not meeting AYP in the most
  recent year, can be rated no higher than
  Continuous Improvement.
• What happens when schools/districts do not meet
  Adequate Yearly Progress and enter
  School/District Improvement Status? See
  Guidebook once again.

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State Report Card(component 4 Value Added . .
.)

• Value-added (prior to 2008 Ohio used what was
  called Performance Index Growth) focus on the
  schools contribution to making a difference.
• Value-added results are calculated for schools
  with grades 4-8 in reading and mathematics.
  Additionally, a composite result will be
  displayed on the front of the report card. The
  composite impacts the districts or schools
  rating. Results will be displayed using the
  following symbols
• ( ) A plus symbol indicates that a district or
  school has achieved more than one year of
  expected growth in student progress.
• ( v ) A check symbol indicates that a district
  or school has achieved one year of expected
  growth in student progress.
• ( - ) A minus symbol indicates that a district or
  school has achieved less than one year of
  expected growth in student progress.

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State Report Card(component 4 Value Added -
continued . . .)

• Consequences
• A district or school that achieves, on the
  composite result, an Above Expected Growth for
  two consecutive years may increase its rating by
  one category. For instance, a school otherwise
  rated as Effective may be raised to Excellent if
  it achieves a designation for two consecutive
  years.
• Beginning with the 2008-2009 report cards,
  districts and schools that show Below Expected
  Growth for three consecutive years will have
  their designation reduced.

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Ohio School Performance Designations. . . Part
II

• WHEW! Now that we know and understand the four
  components of the Ohio System, we can explore how
  these four areas come together to produce school
  and district report card designations excellent
  with distinction, excellent, effective,
  continuous improvement, academic watch, or
  academic emergency.
• See flow chart, page 8, in the Guide for Ohios
  Report Card System. (this PDF document is on the
  class website)

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On your own, two ways you might continue . . .To
Explore Ohio Report Cards

• The Interactive Local Report Card (iLRC) was
  developed to provide public access to current and
  historical Local Report Card data. You will be
  able to locate information about test results,
  graduation rates, financial data, and
  demographics. You can sort and create reports to
  compare results across districts.
• Website http//ilrc.ode.state.oh.us/
• Find box Power Unit Reports click on GO
• Scroll Down to Bottom of page click on BEGIN
• Measure Up is a stand-alone application that can
  be downloaded free. It is designed for school
  leaders to facilitate understanding and analysis
  of report card data. The graphic format creates
  visual displays that are easily interpreted and
  shared (the camera icon can be used to cut and
  paste information into Power Point
  presentations). Links are provided to
  explanations about Report Card terminology. Key
  questions are provided for analyzing each level
  of data.
• Website http//www.ohioschoolleaders.org/
• Click on Measure Up Data Tool link and download

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But how might you connect instruction to the
State Assessment System . . .

• The following two sites contain useful
  information regarding the Ohio Report Card and
  connecting information you teach to
  accountability standards. There are a number of
  other sites, but I like these
• D3A2 - Data Driven Decisions for Academic
  Achievement
• Ohio Graduation Tests
• Lets look at each of these in more detail. By
  the way, is this teaching to the test? I think
  not. This exploration will help you prepare
  lessons in such a way as to impact the successful
  long term and short term achievements of your
  students . . . and your long term and short term
  effectiveness as a teacher.

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D3A2 - Data Driven Decisions for Academic
Achievement

• D3A2 provides systemic access to educational
  resources aligned to Ohio's Academic Content
  Standards and can connect this to your own
  districts student achievement data. Their goal
  is to improve instruction and raise student
  achievement.
• Resources (including videos, lesson plans and
  assessments) are made available online, free of
  charge, by Ohio content providers who have agreed
  to rigorous development, review and alignment
  policies. Organizations providing content
  include Columbus Zoo COSI (Center of Science
  Industry) Northern Ohio Educational Computer
  Association Northwest Ohio Educational
  Technology ODE Ohio Historical Society/Ohio
  Social Studies Resource Center Ohio Resource
  Center for Mathematics, Science and Reading WNEO
  PBS 45/49 WVIZ Ideastream CET WGTE and WPTD
  Think TV.
• To search for resources aligned to specific
  benchmarks and grade level indicators in the
  academic content standards, log into www.d3a2.org
  and click the link to the Resource Exchange on
  the front page. No password is needed to access
  resources. Your school district would need to
  provide a password to access the data which would
  enable student connection.

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Ohio Graduation Tests

• The link below will take you to an interesting
  website section. Here we find a starting point
  for building tools that can help in understanding
  Ohios statewide assessments for the Ohio
  Graduation Tests (OGT).
• Website http//reports.success-ode-state-oh-us.
  info/
• On that page, find the Ohio Graduation Tests
  section
• Click on the OGT Success Site link inside this
  section
• Find and click on the Teacher Tools section on
  this new page
• From the next page, you can
• build practice tests
• see released questions
• practice scoring constructed response questions
• ZOWEE . . . Would telling a hiring official that
  you know about and intend to use this tool in
  creating assessments be useful or WHAT!

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Practical Advice

• Have an understanding of the ODE Ohio Report Card
  system and where your teaching assignment fits
  into this system.
• Strive to support your schools and districts
  achievement of top designations in the ODE
  system.
• Strive to teach and assess the things you know to
  be important that are NOT considered in the Ohio
  Accountability System.
• Strive to recognize and create a classroom
  learning environment wherein the issue is not
  either/or in terms of assessment techniques.

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Terms Concepts to Review andStudy on Your Own

• Academic Emergency
• Academic Watch
• AYP
• Continuous Improvement
• Effective
• Excellent with Distinction
• Excellent
• OGT
• Ohio Report Card
• Performance Index
• State Indicators
• Value Added