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Ohio report-card deep dive: CPS officials say ratings reflect mixed gains, attendance and subgroup gaps
Summary
Cincinnati Public Schools testing manager reviewed the state report card components; district and board members discussed the district’s star ratings, progress index, achievement measures, gap-closing failures and chronic absenteeism.
Amanda Vargo, a CPS testing manager, presented a detailed walkthrough of the Ohio Department of Education 2024–25 report card components at the board meeting Sept. 22, explaining how the state calculates achievement, progress, early literacy, gap closing, graduation and the new college-career readiness component.
Vargo described the technical calculations behind each component: the achievement component is a weighted performance-index percentage based on the distribution of test scores across state performance levels; the progress component is a three-year composite growth model that uses a growth index and an effect-size threshold; gap closing measures subgroup achievement and progress across many indicators; early literacy includes third-grade reading proficiency and promotion to fourth grade; graduation is a weighted four- and five-year cohort rate; and the…
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