New Rating System
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Category: Middletown City Schools
Forum Name: School Achievements
Forum Description: From Academic results to group and individual achievements
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Printed Date: Nov 22 2024 at 3:21am
Topic: New Rating System
Posted By: VietVet
Subject: New Rating System
Date Posted: Feb 27 2013 at 6:31am
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Heard coming into work this morning, that the new rating system of A,B,C,D,F will be reported soon. Here's where we are now with the Middletown schools...... From today's Columbus Dispatch..... COUNTY DISTRICT GRADES ENROLLMENT PERFORMANCE INDEX SCORE RATING STATE RANK Butler Middletown City K-12 6,540 85.92 Cont. Improve. 672 Records 1-1 of 1 Online Database by Caspio Source: Ohio Department of Education. (Excludes unranked districts) Will be interesting to see where Middletown lands on the new scale. "C" or a "D", perhaps??? ------------- I'm so proud of my hometown and what it has become. Recall 'em all. Let's start over. |
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Posted By: Marcia Andrew
Date Posted: Feb 27 2013 at 2:34pm
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Vet,
Yes, the Ohio Dept of Education finally released the local report cards and rankings, based on last school year's tests (2011-12). Middletown ranked 672 out of 924 based on the Performance Index Score. (This is more than the 612 school districts in Ohio because it includes charter schools in the rankings).
ODE also released a ranking based on Value-Added Gain Index, which measures how much academic growth students in that district showed from one year to the next (more than a year, a year, or less than a year). On that ranking, Middletown ranked 126 out of 832. The only districts in the area that did better than Middletown on this growth rating are Lebanon (at 45) and Lakota (at 50). All other schools in the area ranked significantly lower on growth, including many who score much higher in the Performance Index Ranking. Franklin (at 320), Monroe (at 465), Madison (at 483) and Mason (at 493).
Fairfield (at 673), Talawanda (at 735), Edgewood (at 776), and Hamilton (at 806) all had a negative value added gain index score, meaning students in that district showed less than a year of academic growth.
Whereas the Performance Index score tracks closely to the income level in districts, the value added piece looks at how well we are doing with the kids that come through our doors, no matter where they started. I am proud of Middletown's ranking of 126 out of 832 on value added, and it is the proof of what we have been saying, that the academic scores are slowly improving. Our Performance Index score is inching up.
As I mentioned before, we are within reach of a 90 Performance Index score, which would qualify as "Effective" under the current system. However, the state has scrapped that terminology and is moving to A-F. They have said the letter grade will be based on many more factors than currently used to come up with Continuous Improvement, Effective, Etc. But, they have not said what formula they will use to weigh all those different factors to come up with an overall grade. If they give relatively high weight to value added, we could do quite well. We don't know. In the meantime, the teachers, administrators and other staff continue to work very hard to improve instruction, improve climate (discipline, morale, etc) all in a cost-conscious manner.
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Posted By: VietVet
Date Posted: Feb 27 2013 at 3:38pm
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Excellent Ms. Andrew. How about those indicators? Will we start improving from the 9 or 10 out of 26 or so? Seems we have been stuck on those numbers for quite some time. (years perhaps?) Based on your optimism, can we expect to see some decent numbers on our next round of testing as compared to surrounding communities? We all know Middletown has always scored at the bottom in the comparison with our neighbors in all grades, in all categories. I still hold the thinking that if you make improvements such as these, new schools are the reward. If not, ........gotta earn it first. THEN, we'll loosen up the purse strings. Disagree with the other scenario. Hasn't worked. ------------- I'm so proud of my hometown and what it has become. Recall 'em all. Let's start over. |
Posted By: GinetteHuber
Date Posted: Mar 19 2013 at 11:52pm
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All other schools in the area ranked significantly lower on growth,
including many who score much higher in the Performance Index Ranking.
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Posted By: VietVet
Date Posted: Apr 22 2013 at 1:25pm
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Ok, new Journal story concerning new evaluation system...... New report card system tougher on schools An advance look at Ohio’s new A-F report card system, slated to be rolled out in August, shows many school districts score poorly in areas such as closing achievement gaps between students — one of the new graded measures. The Ohio Department of Education released a simulation of the new report card performance measures — based on the recent 2011-12 report cards — showing how school districts, individual schools and charter schools across the state would fare under nine graded areas, including performance indicators, graduation rates, value-added growth measures and closing achievement gaps. Locally, six school districts in Butler County would receive an A rating for “performance indicators” using the new standards, including Fairfield, Talawanda, Lakota and Monroe. Hamilton City Schools and Middletown City Schools — both rated Continuous Improvement on the 2011-12 report card — would receive a C and F rating, respectively REPEAT.....HAMILTON AND MIDDLETOWN CITY SCHOOLS WOULD RECEIVE A "C" AND "F" RESPECTIVELY. NOT A GOOD START ACCORDING TO THIS DATA. DON'T UNDERSTAND THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS FROM OUTGOING SUPER RASMUSSEN BASED ON THE "F" RATING FOR MIDDLETOWN SCHOOLS..... Middletown Superintendent Greg Rasmussen said the new report card system will provide a “more comprehensive, overall look at a school system.” He said the addition of early literacy and career readiness components will help illustrate the strides Middletown has made in student improvement. “Middletown has done phenomenally well in growth,” Rasmussen said. “We’re getting a lot better, faster. It will reflect on the hard work teachers have done.” RASMUSSEN: "WILL HELP ILLUSTRATE THE STRIDES MIDDLETOWN HAS MADE IN STUDENT IMPROVEMENT" AND "MIDDLETOWN HAS DONE PHENOMENALLY WELL IN GROWTH"...."WE'RE GETTING A LOT BETTER, FASTER".?????  THAT'S NOT WHAT THE STATEMENT ABOVE REVEALS. THE STATEMENT ABOVE SAYS IF MIDDLETOWN WERE TO IMPLEMENT THE NEW SYSTEM TODAY, IT WOULD GRADE OUT AN "F". DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW HE THINKS THE SCHOOLS ARE DOING OK. State Superintendent Richard Ross told reporters during a webinar that “most schools will see lower grades than their past report card rankings have suggested,” but he said Ohio must keep raising its goals and standards each year so students are prepared for careers and jobs after high school. NOW IF MIDDLETOWN WILL SEE LOWER GRADES THAN THE PAST REPORT CARDS, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE BOTTOMED OUT, NOT IMPROVED. DOES ANYONE ELSE SEE WHERE RASMUSSEN FORMED HIS UPBEAT PROJECTIONS? Overall grades won’t come until 2015 on the new A-F report cards, which will replace the previous six-tier system that rated schools from “Excellent with Distinction” down to “Academic Emergency.” THIS GIVES THE MIDDLETOWN FOLKS SOME TIME, BUT GIVEN THE RATE OF IMPROVEMENT IN THE PAST, DOES ANYONE SEE THEM MAKING A "C" LEVEL BY 2015? BEST CASE.....A "D" PERHAPS?? Ross said there are still two years before the new report cards include an overall composite grade for districts and schools, which means there is plenty of time to improve WONDER IF THE MIDDLETOWN PEOPLE THINK THAT TWO YEARS IS "PLENTY OF TIME"? BELIEVE ROSS IS STARTING A LITTLE FURTHER UP THE LADDER THAN MIDDLETOWN. WE SHALL SEE. ------------- I'm so proud of my hometown and what it has become. Recall 'em all. Let's start over. |