Most students receive report cards showing how well they are performing in school. Likewise, each fall Ohio issues report cards to its school districts and schools. Using A-F letter grades, Ohio School Report Cards detail how well schools and districts are doing in areas that affect your child’s education.
The reports contain information such as how students are scoring on annual achievement tests and how much they have learned from the beginning of the school year to the end. The reports measure districts and schools on how many of their students are graduating on time as well as whether students of all incomes, races and cultures are getting the support they need to learn.
The Ohio Department of Education will release school and district report cards for the 2013-2014 school year in September 2014. This year, the reports measure two addtional areas:
K-3 Literacy: This grade relates to Ohio’s Third Grade Reading Guarantee and measures how well schools and districts are helping young students who are reading below grade level.
Prepared for Success: These measures report how well schools and districts are preparing their students for college or a career. There are no letter grades, but data are reported for six categories. Among them are how many students graduated with honors or earned college credit or industry credentials by graduation.
The Ohio School Report Cards also report financial information showing spending and performance for districts, community schools and STEM schools. From them, you can learn how much is spent and how much is directed to classroom instruction. The data also report how your school and district’s spending compares to that of others. The financial data is added to Ohio School Report Cards later in the school year.
For more details on the Ohio School Report Cards, visit reportcard.education.ohio.gov.