Ohio Admin. Code 3301-28-10 - [Effective 7/1/2025] Ratings for schools and districts
(A)
For the
2021-2022 school year, the report card will include a rating for each of the
gap closing, achievement, progress, graduation, and early literacy
components. Beginning with the 2022-2023
2024-2025
school year, and annually thereafter, the report card will include an overall
rating and a rating for each of the gap closing, achievement, progress,
graduation, and early literacy, and college, career, workforce, and military
readiness components.
(B) The
overall rating will be calculated using the gap closing, achievement, progress,
graduation and early literacy, and college, career, workforce, and military
readiness components. In cases where a school district or school has
ratings for all five
six components, each component shall be weighted in
accordance with division (D)(3) (g)(i)
(D)(3)(g)(ii) of section
3302.03 of the Revised Code such
that:
(1) The achievement component shall
contribute 28.601
twenty-five per cent towards the overall
rating;
(2) The progress component
shall contribute 28.601
twenty-five per cent towards the overall
rating.
(3) The graduation
component shall contribute 14.266
12.5 per cent towards the overall rating.
(4) The gap closing component shall
contribute 14.266
12.5 per cent towards the overall rating.
(5) The early literacy component shall
contribute 14.266
12.5 per cent towards the overall rating.
Where a school or district does not have all
five
six
components, the applicable components will be weighted in accordance with the
proportional adjustment of component weighting chart in appendix A to this
rule.
(6)
The college, career, workforce, and military readiness
component shall contribute 12.5 per cent towards the overall
rating.
(C) To
calculate the overall performance rating, the cut scores of each applicable
component will be converted to points in accordance with the conversion charts
in appendix A to this rule. A school district or school will be assigned an
overall performance rating according to the following performance benchmarks:
(1) A rating of five stars for a score of
equal to or greater than 4.125 points;
(2) A rating of four and one-half stars for a
score equal to or greater than 3.625 points but less than 4.125
points;
(3) A rating of four stars
for a score equal to or greater than 3.125 points but less than 3.625
points;
(4) A rating of three and
one-half stars for a score equal to or greater than 2.625 points but less than
3.125 points;
(5) A rating of three
stars for a score equal to or greater than 2.125 points but less than 2.625
points;
(6) A rating of two and
one-half stars for a score equal to or greater than 1.625 points but less than
2.125 points;
(7) A rating of two
stars for a score equal to or greater than 1.125 points but less than 1.625
points;
(8) A rating of one and
one-half stars for a score equal to or greater than 0.563 points but less than
1.125 points; and
(9) A rating of
one star for a score less than 0.563 points.
(D) In cases where a school district or
school has ratings for fewer than five
six components, the non-rated components shall not be
included in the calculation and the percentages for the remaining rated
components defined in paragraphs (B)(1) to (B)(5)
(B)(6) of this
rule shall be adjusted to maintain the same proportional weight within the
calculation.
(E) Notwithstanding the provisions
in paragraph (A) of this rule, the department of education may calculate an
overall performance rating for a school district or school for the purpose of
either of the following:
(1) To identify school buildings for
comprehensive, targeted, or additional targeted support and improvement in
accordance with the "Every Student Succeeds Act," 20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq. and
the state's request, as approved by the United States department of education,
to delay such identification until fall 2022 using performance data from the
2021-2022 school year;
(2) To calculate the academic
performance component and the overall rating for each community school sponsor
required to be evaluated for the 2021-2022 school year under section 3314.016
of the Revised Code.
(1) The achievement component will
be described on the report card as "measures students' academic achievement
using each level of performance on Ohio's State Tests."
(a) Five stars for a
percentage of the maximum performance index score of greater than or equal to
ninety per cent;
(b) Four stars for
a percentage of the maximum performance index score greater than or equal to
eighty per cent but less than ninety per cent;
(c) Three stars for a percentage of the
maximum performance index score greater than or equal to seventy per cent but
less than eighty per cent;
(d) Two
stars for a percentage of the maximum performance index score greater than or
equal to fifty per cent but less than seventy per cent;
(e) One star for a percentage of the maximum
performance index score less than fifty per cent.
(a) A five-star rating
will be described as "significantly exceeds state standards in academic
achievement";
(b) A four-star
rating will be described as "exceeds state standards in academic
achievement";
(c) A three-star
rating will be described as "meets state standards in academic
achievement";
(d) A two-star rating
will be described as "needs support to meet state standards in academic
achievement";
(e) A one-star rating
will be described as "needs significant support to meet state standards in
academic achievement."
(1) The progress component will be
described on the report card as "measures the academic performance of students
compared to expected growth on Ohio's State Tests."
(a)
Five stars for a growth index of at least 2 and effect size of at least
0.1;
(b) Four stars for a growth
index of at least 2 and effect size of less than 0.1;
(c) Three stars for a growth index greater
than or equal to -2 but less than 2;
(d) Two stars for a growth index of less than
-2 and effect size of at least -0.1;
(e) One star for a growth index less than -2
and effect size of less than -0.1.
(a) Five stars for a
growth index of at least 2 and effect size of at least 0.2;
(b) Four stars for a growth index of at least
2 and effect size of less than 0.2;
(c) Three stars for a growth index greater
than or equal to -2 but less than 2;
(d) Two stars for a growth index of less than
-2 and effect size of at least -0.2;
(e) One star for a growth index less than -2
and effect size of less than -0.2.
(a) A five-star
rating will be described as "significant evidence that the district exceeded
student growth expectations by a larger magnitude";
(b) A four-star rating will be described as
"significant evidence that the district exceeded student growth
expectations";
(c) A three-star
rating will be described as "evidence that the district met student growth
expectations";
(d) A two-star
rating will be described as "significant evidence that the district fell short
of student growth expectations";
(e) A one-star rating will be described as
"significant evidence that the district fell short of student growth
expectations by a larger magnitude."
(a) A five-star rating will
be described as "significant evidence that the school exceeded student growth
expectations by a larger magnitude";
(b) A four-star rating will be described as
"significant evidence that the school exceeded student growth
expectations";
(c) A three-star
rating will be described as "evidence that the school met student growth
expectations";
(d) A two-star
rating will be described as "significant evidence that the school fell short of
student growth expectations";
(e) A
one-star rating will be described as "significant evidence the school fell
short of student growth expectations by a larger magnitude."
(1) The gap closing component will
be described on the report card as "a measure of the reduction in educational
gaps for student subgroups."
(a) Five stars for a percentage
greater than or equal to sixty per cent of applicable points earned;
(b) Four stars for a percentage greater than
or equal to forty-five per cent but less than sixty per cent of applicable
points earned;
(c) Three stars for
a percentage greater than or equal to thirty per cent but less than forty-five
per cent of applicable points earned;
(d) Two stars for a percentage greater than
or equal to ten per cent but less than thirty per cent of applicable points
earned;
(e) One star for a
percentage less than ten per cent of applicable points earned.
(a) A five-star rating will be
described as "significantly exceeds state standards in closing educational
gaps";
(b) A four-star rating will
be described as "exceeds state standards in closing educational
gaps";
(c) A three-star rating will
be described as "meets state standards in closing educational gaps";
(d) A two-star rating will be described as
"needs support to meet state standards in closing educational gaps";
(e) A one-star rating will be described as
"needs significant support to meet state standards in closing educational
gaps."
(1) The early literacy component
will be described on the report card as "a measure of reading improvement and
proficiency for students in kindergarten through third grade."
(a) Five
stars for a percentage of greater than or equal to eighty-eight
per cent;
(b) Four stars for a percentage of greater
than or equal to seventy-eight per cent but less than eighty-eight per
cent;
(c) Three stars for a
percentage of greater than or equal to sixty-eight per cent but less than
seventy-eight per cent;
(d) Two
stars for a percentage of greater than or equal to fifty-eight per cent but
less than sixty-eight per cent;
(e)
One star for a percentage of less than fifty-eight per cent.
(a) A five-star rating will be
described as "significantly exceeds state standards in early literacy
(K-3)";
(b) A four-star rating will
be described as "exceeds state standards in early literacy (K-3)";
(c) A three-star rating will be described as
"meets state standards in early literacy (K-3)";
(d) A two-star rating will be described as
"needs support to meet state standards in early literacy (K-3)";
(e) A one-star rating will be described as
"needs significant support to meet state standards in early literacy
(K-3)."
(1) The graduation component will be
described on the report card as "a measure of the four-year adjusted cohort
graduation rate and the five-year adjusted cohort graduation
rate."
(a) Five stars for a weighted
percentage of students graduating in four or five years of greater than or
equal to 96.5 per cent;
(b) Four
stars for a weighted percentage of students graduating in four or five years of
greater than or equal to 93.5 per cent but less than 96.5 per cent;
(c) Three stars for a weighted percentage of
students graduating in four or five years of greater than or equal to 90.0 per
cent but less than 93.5 per cent;
(d) Two stars for a weighted percentage of
students graduating in four or five years of greater than or equal to 84.0 per
cent but less than 90.0 per cent;
(e) One star for a weighted percentage of
students graduating in four or five years of less than 84.0 per cent.
(a) A five-star rating will be
described as "significantly exceeds state standards in graduation
rates";
(b) A four-star rating will
be described as "exceeding state standards in graduation rates";
(c) A three-star rating will be described as
"meets state standards in graduation rates";
(d) A two-star rating will be described as
"needs support to meet state standards in graduation rates";
(e) A one-star rating will be described as
"needs significant support to meet state standards in graduation
rates."
(1)
Performance
ratings for the college, career, workforce, and military readiness component
will be assigned according to the following benchmarks:
(a)
Five stars for a
percentage greater than or equal to eighty-five per cent;
(b)
Four stars for a
percentage greater than or equal to seventy-five per cent but less than
eighty-five per cent;
(c)
Three stars for a percentage greater than or equal to
sixty-three per cent but less than seventy-five per cent;
(d)
Two stars for a
percentage greater than or equal to fifty-three per cent but less than
sixty-three per cent;
(e)
One star for a percentage less than fifty-three per
cent;
(2)
The performance ratings for the college, career,
workforce, and military readiness component will be described on the report
card as follows:
(a)
A five-star rating will be described as "significantly
exceeds state standards in post-secondary readiness";
(b)
A four-star
rating will be described as "exceeding state standards in post- secondary
readiness";
(c)
A three-star rating will be described as "meets state
standards in post- secondary readiness";
(d)
A two-star rating
will be described as "needs support to meet state standards in post-secondary
readiness";
(e)
A one-star rating will be described as "needs
significant support to meet state standards in post-secondary
readiness."
(3)
A district or building will not receive lower than a
performance rating of three stars for the component if the district's or
building's performance on the component meets or exceeds a level of improvement
of fifteen per cent from the prior year.
(1)
All mathematical calculations required to
determine the final percentages used to assign the ratings described in
paragraphs (F)
(E), (G)
(F), (H)
(G), (I)
(H) and (J)
(I) of this rule will be performed using unrounded
numbers. Once each calculation is complete, the final percentages will be
rounded to the nearest tenth using standard rounding rules (half rounds up) for
the purpose of assigning each component rating. The weighted points generated
from the calculations described in paragraph (B) of this rule will be rounded
to the nearest thousandth for the purpose of assigning the overall
rating.
(2) When displaying data on
the report card, the department of education and
workforce may round or truncate the numbers and percentages as needed to
make it easier for readers to view and understand the information, but the
original numbers will still be used for any calculations as described in
paragraph (K)(1) of this rule.
(L) In accordance with division
(D)(3)(f) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code, the report card will not
include a rating for the college, career, workforce, and military readiness
component for the 2021-2022, 2022-2023, and 2023-2024 school
years.
(M) Within two years after the
effective date of this rule, the department shall provide recommendations to
the state board regarding the recalibration and increasing of cut scores to
align to higher expectations for students, schools, and
districts.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3301.07, 3302.02, 3302.03
Rule Amplifies: 3302.02, 3302.03
Prior Effective Dates: 02/22/2016, 06/16/2022
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