Report cards released Sept.

SENECA COUNTY – The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce grades districts' performance on several categories annually. The department uses students' state testing for much of the ranking and grade districts on a five-star system. One star is the lowest and five stars is the highest a district can receive. The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce released State Report Cards on Sept. 13. Defining the results The state department assigns overall rankings to school districts based on a weighted average of rankings in the following categories: • Achievement: Represents whether students' performance on state tests met established thresholds and how students performed overall on tests • Progress: The growth all students are making based on their past test performances. • Gap Closing: Shows how well schools are meeting the performance expectations for students in English language arts, math and graduation. It also measures how schools are doing in supporting English learners to increase language proficiency, reducing chronic absenteeism for all students and identifying gifted students and providing gifted services. • Graduation: A measure of the four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate and the five-year adjusted cohort graduation rate. • Early Literacy: A measure of reading improvement and proficiency for students in kindergarten through third grade. Report card results Here is how area school districts ranked: *Note: The following districts fall within The Advertiser-Tribune's coverage area. Tiffin City Schools 2023-24 scores: Achievement, 3; Progress, 2; Gap closing, 3; Graduation, 4; Early literacy, 3; Overall grade: 3 2022-23 scores: Achievement, 3; Progress, 2; Gap closing, 3; Graduation, 3; Early literacy, 3; Overall grade: 3 Fostoria City Schools 2023-24 scores: Achievement, 2; Progress, 2; Gap closing, 2; Graduation, 2; Early literacy, 1; Overall grade: 2.5 2022-23 scores: Achievement, 2; Progress, 2; Gap closing, 1; Graduation, 1; Early literacy, 2; Overall grade: 2.5 New Riegel Local Schools 2023-24 scores: Achievement, 4; Progress, 3; Gap closing, 3; Graduation, 4; Early literacy, 4; Overall grade: 4 2022-23 scores: Achievement, 4; Progress, 3; Gap closing, 5; Graduation, 4; Early literacy 5; Overall grade: 4.5 Seneca East Local Schools 2023-24 scores: Achievement, 4; Progress, 3; Gap closing, 3; Graduation, 4; Early literacy, 4; Overall grade: _ 2022-23 scores: Achievement, 5; Progress, 4; Gap closing, 5; Graduation, 5; Early literacy, 4; Overall grade: 5 Surperintendent Laura Kagy shared the following in regards to the districts 2023-24 scores– "We are proud of the hard work our students, teachers, and staff have put into achieving the results reflected in the state report, and we are grateful for the support of our families and community. Our success reflects the commitment the entire community has to education at Seneca East," said Dr. Kagy. "We have made significant progress in meeting our district goals for the previous school year. The leadership team meets with State Support Team 7 each year to conduct a deep dive into our data and pinpoint areas of specific needs. Additionally, we evaluate locally obtained data to identify areas where we can better support our students, such as enhancing targeted interventions, adjusting curriculum objectives, adding course offerings, and expanding professional development opportunities for our staff," said Dr. Kagy, adding "but there is always room for improvement." Vanguard-Sentinel Career and Technology Center 2023-24 scores: Achievement, 4; Progress, 5; Gap closing, 5; Graduation, 5; Early literacy, 5; Overall grade: 5 2022-23 scores: Achievement, 4; Career and Post-Secondary readiness, 5; Graduation, 5; Post program outcomes, 5; Overall grade: 5 Old Fort Local Schools 2023-24 scores: Achievement, 4; Progress, 2; Gap closing, 4; Graduation, 5; Early literacy, 3; Overall grade: 3.5 2022-23 scores: Achievement, 4; Progress, 3; Gap closing, 5; Graduation, 5; Early literacy, 2; Overall grade: 4 North Central Academy 2023-24 scores: Achievement, 1; Progress, 2; Gap closing, 1; Graduation, 1; Overall grade: 2 2022-23 scores: Achievement, 1; Progress, 2; Gap closing, 3; Graduation, 1; Overall grade: 2 Bridges Preparatory Academy 2023-24 scores: Achievement, 2; Progress, 3; Gap closing, 2; Early literacy, 1; Overall grade: 2.5 2022-23 scores: Achievement, 1; Progress, 1; Gap closing, 3; Early literacy, 1; Overall grade: 2 Paul Shoemaker, principal of BPA, shared the staff is pleased with the academic momentum of their school, which includes an 18% increase in performance index scoring year-over-year. " We outperformed some of the other area schools on the Progress component which measures the amount of learning a student accomplishes in one year, and our goal is to keep focused on this component. If kids can come to our school and achieve more than one year of learning by putting in one school year of work, we know we are doing something right," said Shoemaker. "We particularly saw this type of result in middle school where students in Grades 6,7, and 8 significantly exceeded state expectations in academic growth." Lakota Local Schools 2023-24 scores: Achievement, 3; Progress, 2; Gap closing, 4; Graduation, 5; Early literacy, 4; Overall grade: 3.5 2022-23 scores: Achievement, 3; Progress, 2; Gap closing, 4; Graduation, 4; Early literacy, 3; Overall grade: 3.5 Hopewell Loudon 2023-24 scores: Achievement, 4; Progress, 5; Gap closing, 4; Graduation, 5; Early literacy, 3; Overall grade: 5 2022-23 scores: Achievement, 5; Progress, 5; Gap closing, 5; Graduation, 5; Early literacy, 3; Overall grade: 5 Carey EVS 2023-24 scores: Achievement, 3; Progress, 3; Gap closing, 4; Graduation, 5; Early literacy, 2; Overall grade: 3.5 2022-23 scores: Achievement, 4; Progress, 3; Gap closing, 5; Graduation, 5; Early Literacy, 3; Overal grade: 4 Upper Sandusky EVS 2023-24 scores: Achievement, 4; Progress, 2; Gap closing, 4; Graduation, 3; Early literacy, 4; Overall grade: 3.5 2022-23 scores: Achievement, 4; Progress, 2; Gap closing, 5; Graduation, 4; Early literacy, 3; Overall grade: 3.5 Clyde-Green Springs EVS 2023-24 scores: Achievement, 4; Progress, 3; Gap closing, 4; Graduation, 4; Early literacy, 3; Overall grade: 4 2022-23 scores: Achievement, 4; Progress, 3; Gap closing, 5; Graduation, 4; Early literacy, 3; Overall grade: 4 Buckeye Central Local Schools 2023-24 scores: Achievement, 4; Progress, 3; Gap closing, 4; Graduation, 5; Early literacy, 3; Overall grade: 4.5 2022-23 scores: Achievement, 4; Progress, 3; Gap closing, 4; Early literacy, 4; Overall grade: 4 Mohawk Local Schools 2023-24 scores: Achievement, 4; Progress, 2; Gap closing, 3; Graduation, 5; Early literacy, 4; Overall grade: 4 2022-23 scores: Achievement, 4; Progress, 2; Gap closing, 3; Graduation, 5; Early literacy, 4; Overall grade: 4