{"id":35533,"date":"2013-02-28T08:22:02","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T13:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=35533"},"modified":"2013-03-01T08:21:00","modified_gmt":"2013-03-01T13:21:00","slug":"county-school-districts-do-well-on-state-report-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2013\/02\/28\/county-school-districts-do-well-on-state-report-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Schools get good State Report Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"

VW independent\/Ohio Department of Education news<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>COLUMBUS — Ohio\u2019s 2011-2012 State Report Card finds that the state\u2019s public schools are making steady academic gains as a new era of accountability approaches.<\/p>\n

Locally, all three Van Wert County school districts did well, with Lincolnview and Crestview both rated \u201cexcellent\u201d and Van Wert, which missed out on the top rating by just two-tenths of a point, earning an \u201ceffective\u201d rating.<\/p>\n

As was reported in October when preliminary ratings came out, Van Wert met 23 of 26 indicators, while Crestview met all 26 indicators and Lincolnview 24 of 26 indicators. All three schools also met the state\u2019s Value Added criteria, but Van Wert was marked down for not meeting the Adequate Yearly Progress ranking.<\/p>\n

For Van Wert, fifth-grade test scores were to blame for the district not earning an \u201cexcellent\u201d ranking. The S.F. Goedde Building, which housed fifth-graders in 2011-2012, was also the only one of six district schools that didn\u2019t earn an \u201cexcellent\u201d rating on an individual basis.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have come a long way and that\u2019s our only hiccup right now,\u201d Superintendent Ken Amstutz said back in October.<\/p>\n

Amstutz also noted in October that, for whatever reason, \u201cstand-alone\u201d grade levels like the Goedde Building\u2019s fifth-grade classes, tend to not fare as well academically as regular multi-grade schools.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody has told us, other school districts, when you have a stand-alone grade level, that\u2019s a problem,\u201d he noted, adding that he hopes to see improvements for this school year now that fifth-graders are housed in the multi-grade Van Wert Elementary School (click here<\/a><\/strong> for Van Wert\u2019s complete school report card).<\/p>\n

Crestview Superintendent Mike Estes was pleased back in October when he learned that the district had returned to the \u201cexcellent\u201d ranking after a couple of years of subpar performance, mostly due to failure to meet the Value Added indicator.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo pass all 26 indicators is high praise for our staff and students,\u201d Estes had said. \u201cWe stumbled a couple of years ago, but are getting back to where we should be.\u201d<\/p>\n

Much of the credit for the turnaround has gone to the district\u2019s PRIDE Committee, which was formed to improve scores after the district fell to \u201ccontinuous improvement\u201d after \u201cexcellent\u201d rankings prior to that (click here<\/a><\/strong> for Crestview\u2019s full state report card).<\/p>\n

Lincolnview\u2019s then-interim superintendent, Doug Karst, was also pleased at his district\u2019s performance on the State Report Card.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it does indicate how solid a school district this is,\u201d he noted, adding, \u201cThere is still for improvement, though (click here<\/a><\/strong> for Lincolnview\u2019s full report card).\u201d<\/p>\n

Statewide, Ohio schools registered improvements in 14 of 26 indicators and met the state\u2019s performance goal on 21 out of the 26 indicators. There were especially strong gains in eighth-grade math and science. The number of districts and schools exceeding expected growth in Value-Added also grew significantly.<\/p>\n

Ohio schools still have much room to grow. The performance of Ohio\u2019s economically disadvantaged students and minorities remains unacceptably low. Too many students drop out of high school and too many who enroll in college need to take remedial courses.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe congratulate Ohio\u2019s students, families and educators for making continued, solid academic progress,\u201d said Acting Superintendent of Public Instruction Michael L. Sawyers. \u201cBut we will need to set the bar higher to ensure that all of our students are prepared for a future that will demand higher skills. Ohio\u2019s minimal competency system must continue to reform for Ohio\u2019s students to be competitive with their peers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ohio\u2019s accountability system will be changing in 2013. Starting this fall, the state will begin a transition to a new era of district and school performance reporting that will include an easy to understand A-F grading system. The new report cards will take a broader look at the key indicators of school effectiveness and will be based upon standards that ensure all students graduate ready for college and careers.<\/p>\n

The current state-level totals include results for nine districts that were identified earlier this month by the Auditor of State as showing evidence that they \u201cscrubbed\u201d attendance data to potentially improve their report card results. The 2012 and 2011 report cards for those districts and all of their schools have had a watermark added, indicating that the results are subject to change pending further investigation by ODE.<\/p>\n

The release of the final 2011-2012 State Report Card was scheduled for August 2012 but was postponed pending the conclusion of the investigation by the Auditor of State.\u2028The information released this year includes a number of new ranking reports as stipulated in state law and Ohio\u2019s May 2012 waiver from the U.S. Department of Education from certain elements of the No Child Left Behind Act. This report can be found at www.reportcard.ohio.gov<\/a> and includes:<\/p>\n

A list of 90 schools that have demonstrated either \u201cHigh Progress\u201d or \u201cHigh Performance\u201d while serving a significant number of economically disadvantaged students.<\/p>\n

A ranking of schools and districts based upon Performance Index scores. The index looks at the performance of every student, not just those who score proficient or higher.<\/p>\n

A ranking of districts based on Value-Added results, which show whether students meet the expected one year of\u00a0growth for students in grades 4-8 in reading and math.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VW independent\/Ohio Department of Education news COLUMBUS — Ohio\u2019s 2011-2012 State Report Card finds that the state\u2019s public schools are making steady academic gains as a new era of accountability approaches. Locally, all three Van Wert County school districts did well, with Lincolnview and Crestview both rated \u201cexcellent\u201d and Van Wert, which missed out on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-18 01:31:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35533\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}