Students’ Academic Achievements Suffering According to Ohio State Report Cards Release – Stark County students performed better on state testing this year than the year before; however, we’re still nowhere near pre-pandemic scores. Learn more about the new scoring system aiming to help our students right here on Newsymom!
Ohio has changed its report card system for grading schools. There aren’t any more letter grades (A-F). In its place, we’ll be utilizing a star system in which schools can earn up to five stars in each category. Three stars is considered passable to the State’s expectations.
The goal for the star system was to be easier to understand for parents and professionals in the education system. (For instance, there was a negative stigma for receiving a ‘C’, though it meant average.)
The Star System Explained
The Ohio Department of Education wanted a system that was much easier for parents to understand and teachers could communicate expectations better. Hence, the star system was born.
It measures these categories for each school:
- Achievement
- Progress
- Early Literacy
- Gap Closing
- Graduation
- Readiness (college, career, workforce, military)
To learn more about the new system, check out: Find your school’s state report card and understand how to read it
Stark County Results
In Stark County, there was no school district that performed better last year than in 2018-2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic. (How did Stark County schools fare on the Ohio report cards? Find out here, Canton Repository)
There were other findings as well:
- Almost all of the 17 school districts in Stark County met the State’s expectations. Five districts (North Canton, Jackson, Lake, Northwest, and Tuslaw) received five-star ratings!
- Alternatively, Canton City received a one-star rating and Alliance received a two-star rating.
- For the school building level, 63 of the 89 schools received a three-star rating or higher, with 18 of them hitting the five-star rating.
- Canton City Schools’ academic performance ranked among the lowest ten districts in the state.
All of the latest Stark County report card scoring info can be found on The Canton Repository!
Want to see how your child’s school district fared? Check it out here: Report Card Results
Melissa Klatt
Reporting