Commentary
Accountability & Testing
Four reminders to the Ohio State Board of Education on graduation standards
At its November meeting, the State Board of Education reopened the debate over Ohio’s graduation standards.
At its November meeting, the State Board of Education reopened the debate over Ohio’s graduation standards.
For more than a decade, Ohio’s annual school report cards have offered the public information on school quality. The current iteration of report cards has notable strengths: School ratings are grounded in hard data, they use an intuitive A-F rating system, and several of the metrics encourage schools to pay attention to the achievement of all students.