The 2022-23 Ohio School Report Card from the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) has shown Midview Local Schools maintained 21 out of 25 stars for a second consecutive year and received a 4.5 out of 5-star district rating. This is the first year the ODE has assigned overall composite rankings for districts.
Ohio School Report Cards are designed to inform communities, educators, and policymakers about the performance of school districts as it relates to the Ohio State Tests.
“We continue to believe in the direction in which our district is moving and are extremely grateful for all who have not only supported our efforts but have also contributed to our success,” said Superintendent Bruce Willingham. “As a district, we could not foster a growth mindset nor improve the educational experience for all students without a community that is committed to education, supporting its schools and getting involved.”
“However, I cannot stress enough that the Ohio School Report Card is one measure, during one point in time, reflecting one set of tests,” he explains. “Sure, we use it as a resource to analyze our current practices and help inform instructional decisions, but it is not the end all be all of how we define success as it applies to our students, staff, or district. We are happy to share our performance with the community, with the hope that they understand that there are better measures we utilize to analyze how our district is performing. We understand we have a responsibility to address the data and our performance on the state assessments, but our students and staff are way more than a test score.”
The ODE uses data reported by schools and districts to analyze performance in several categories. This data is organized into five components - achievement, progress, gap closing, graduation, and early literacy - that receive ratings of one to five stars to indicate levels of performance.
“Achievement” gauges whether student performance on state tests met previously established thresholds and how well students performed on tests overall. “Progress” measures student growth based on their past performances, while “gap closing” measures building success in reducing educational gaps for student subgroups.
As for the final two components, “early literacy” measures reading improvement and proficiency for students in kindergarten through grade three, and “graduation” scores are based on the four and five-year adjusted cohort graduation rates.
Midview maintained four stars in achievement and graduation and five stars in gap closing. Changes to the district’s 22-23 report card occurred in the progress and early literacy components, in which the district is significantly exceeding state standards in progress while meeting state standards in early literacy.
“Our goal is and will remain, to provide the best possible services and resources for our students in an environment that promotes the highest level of learning,” said Willingham.
Within ODE’s “Similar Districts” framework that establishes comparison sets of 20 districts that are similar in meaningful ways, Midview outscored most by an average of 3.5 stars, ranking first overall.
Midview’s buildings ranked third in Lorain County and within the top 15% in the state.