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Canal Winchester reviews state report card as district performance index slips
Summary
District staff told the school board the district's performance index was 86.2 last year but the report-card rating shows 78.9 (three stars); staff said 7 of 9 subgroups met gap-closing targets while chronic absenteeism and subgroup identification remain priority areas for intervention.
The Canal Winchester Local Board of Education heard a detailed review of the district's state report card and how local measures feed the statewide performance index. The presentation noted the district's performance index was 86.2 for the prior school year while the state report-card rating appeared as 78.9, which yields the district's three-star designation.
The Department of Teaching and Learning presenter (addressed in the meeting as Mr. Whitlock) said the performance index aggregates every tested student in grades 3 through high school and weights achievement and growth across subjects, and he explained how small shifts in subgroup percentages change the index. "If we would move 2 percentage points of those students to basic, we would get three-tenths of a point higher for their weight," he said in describing the calculation.
On subgroup performance, the presenter said the district earned gap-closing points for 7 of 9 counted groups; English learners, gifted progress and chronic absenteeism were highlighted as areas requiring continued focus. Senior-year graduation rates met state expectations, but the presenter cautioned that cohort mobility affects some grade-level persistence measures: he cited a 63% rate for students who had completed all grade levels in the same district and noted that kindergarten being full-day districtwide should raise that figure over time.
Board members asked several technical questions about how the index is computed and what the district's 0.5-point annual growth target meant. The presenter said the district's CW promise refers to the performance index score and reiterated the district's ongoing meetings with subject-area teams and use of local diagnostics (MAP, iReady) to design targeted interventions.
The board did not take formal action on the report-card presentation; staff invited trustees to follow up by email and to request additional breakdowns if needed.
