Fremont City Schools rises to 3.5-star district rating; early-literacy rating falls to 2 stars

Assistant Superintendent Abby Abernathy presented the Ohio district report card to the Fremont City Schools Board of Education at the work session, saying the district —scored 3.5 this year—, up from 3.0 last year. Abernathy said the district earned three to four stars in most content areas but that the early-literacy component fell to two stars.

Why it matters: the state report card aggregates multiple measures that the district and state use to assess student achievement, growth and readiness; early-literacy measures include third-grade proficiency on the Ohio State Tests, promotion to fourth grade and a multi-year measure of K' students who move from —off track— to —on track—. Those measures feed school- and district-level ratings and are a focal point for intervention planning.

Abernathy walked the board through the six report-card components: achievement and progress (combined they make up half of the score), gap closing, early literacy, graduation and college-and-career readiness. She said third-grade achievement and most tested grades showed the district performing at or above the state…