Charter School Performance in Ohio
Charter schools are quickly becoming a defining feature of Ohio’s public-education landscape, educating over 120,000 children statewide. The “theory of action” behind charters is fairly simple.
Charter schools are quickly becoming a defining feature of Ohio’s public-education landscape, educating over 120,000 children statewide. The “theory of action” behind charters is fairly simple.
The 2014 Fordham Sponsorship Annual Report is our opportunity to share the Fordham Foundation’s work as the sponsor of eleven schools serving 3,200 students, and our related policy work in Ohio and nationally. We are fortunate as an organization that our policy work benefits our sponsorship efforts; and, that our lessons from sponsorship inform our policy and advocacy strategies.
Rushing to find a solution could swing the pendulum too far the other way
Early results say no. Chad Aldis
Data and policy options for stakeholders in Ohio
Assessment is the drab side of schooling; but high-quality assessments are crucial.
There is no room for Sisyphus in the fight to improve Ohio schools.
The "Massachusetts Miracle" was more than just higher standards implemented well.
The Buckeye State is at the cusp of an era of new emphasis in K-12 education - the college-and-career-ready era. We look at Ohio's report cards in this new light.
A new Education Next study has implications for Ohio's OTES teacher evaluation protocols.
Much analysis of Ohio's school report cards has already taken place in the mainstream media.
On September 12th, Ohio released school report-card ratings for the 2013-14 school year. This report compiles and analyzes the statewide data, with special attention given to the quality of public schools in the Ohio Big Eight urban areas: Akron, Canton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Toledo, and Youngstown (both district and charter school sectors).
A quick first look at the trove of new performance data from around Ohio.
Worthington school board member’s testimony in support of Common Core
We take a look at a new report on college and career readiness as measured by ACT test scores.
Achievement ratings alone don’t tell the whole story of a school.
Part Two of our analysis of the problems with the latest legislative assault on Common Core in Ohio.
Think we're getting something new from HB597? Think again.
As another legislative assault on the Common Core in Ohio begins, here's a few things you might want to know.
Ohio’s new teacher-evaluation system requires evaluators to conduct two, formal thirty-minute classroom observations. Yet these legally prescribed observations seem ripe for compliance and rote box-checking; in fact, they may not be quite the impetus for school-wide improvement that policymakers had hoped for.
We look for - and find - the public schools ranked in the top 10 percent on Ohio’s value-added measure for reading in each of the past four years.
We take a look at the evidence for and against "double dosing" in middle school math.
This piece was originally published the United States Chamber of Commerce’s website on Wednesday, July 23, 2014. Six days later, two legislators proposed a new legislative assault on Ohio’s New Learning Standards, which include the Common Core State Standards in math and English language arts.
Do Ohio's multiple accountability "systems" erode the very foundation of accountability?
First of a two-part analysis looking at early indicators to future success.
Roughly 30,000 kids in Ohio take advantage of a publicly funded voucher (or “scholarship”).