State Releases Final School Report Cards

Copley-Fairlawn and Revere both retain highest ratings

  The Ohio Department of Education has released the final versions of school districts' annual state report cards and has made the information available online. Click here to view them on the ODE website. Both the Revere and Copley-Fairlawn districts got good news in September when preliminary reports were released. Both were ranked Excellent with Distinction, the highest marks a district can get. For Revere, it was a repeat performance. Copley-Fairlawn improved from the previous year's Excellent rating.

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How Does Your Child’s School Rate?

Look for the ratings for individual schools in Copley-Fairlawn, Revere or across the state in our searchable database.

The Ohio Department of Education released preliminary report card data for schools across the state on Wednesday.  The final results won’t be released until the state finishes its investigation into some districts' attendance data. Search through our database above to find information on any traditional public school in the state. You’ll find the school’s preliminary state report card rating —all but one of  schools were ranked “Excellent” or above for the 2011-2012 school year— and enrollment data, attendance rates and graduation rates for high schools. You’ll also find the percent of students who scored proficient or above on each state test and the school’s performance index, which measures how well students do on state tests overall. *…

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How Do the Copley-Fairlawn & Revere Schools Rate?

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The state has released the rest of the state report card information, and the news is good for both Copley-Fairlawn and Revere schools. While the data is still preliminary, as of now, the Revere district has again achieved the highest possible state report card rating for the 13th year in a row: “Excellent with Distinction.” Copley-Fairlawn earned the same rating, improved from last year's "Excellent." School and district report cards are usually released at the beginning of the school year, but that timeline has been pushed back while the state auditor investigates whether some districts manipulated attendance data. Some preliminary data—without the ratings—was released in late September. The final results and the PDFs of the report cards…

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Copley-Fairlawn & Revere Schools Earn Excellent With Distinction Rating

The state has released the ratings for districts and schools.

The state has released the rest of the state report card information, and the news is good for both Copley-Fairlawn and Revere schools. While the data is still preliminary, as of now, the Revere district has again achieved the highest possible state report card rating for the 13th year in a row: “Excellent with Distinction.” Copley-Fairlawn earned the same rating, improved from last year's "Excellent." School and district report cards are usually released at the beginning of the school year, but that timeline has been pushed back while the state auditor investigates whether some districts manipulated attendance data. Some preliminary data—without the ratings—was released in late September. The final results and the PDFs of the report cards…

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Want to Know How Copley & Revere Did on the State Report Cards? You’ll Have to Wait

The state Board of Education is holding off on the release of the report cards until an investigation is complete.

The release of Ohio’s school report cards will continue to be delayed while the state auditor investigates whether some districts manipulated attendance data. The state Board of Education on Tuesday decided to release some of the information to the public around the end of September, Ohio Department of Education Associate Director of Communications John Charlton said in an email. The data will not include attendance rates, performance index or overall ratings, and the board has not set a date to release the full report cards at this time. That means that Copley-Fairlawn and Revere parents won’t know if their local school is still rated as “Excellent,” “Effective” or the like until much later in the school year. The ratings are usually …

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How Do Copley & Revere Schools Rate? Use Our Search Form to Find Out

You can learn how any Ohio school district performs by using this easy online search form.

Every year the state of Ohio rates its 600-plus school districts by more than two dozen criteria, from graduation rates to how students perform on standardized tests in reading, math and other subject areas. Ratings for the school year that just ended won't be out until August, but you can get a good idea how things stand by looking at data for 2010-2011. The ratings are not without controversy, of course. Some argue that they force a "teaching-to-the-test" approach that undermines real learning. And districts with already high-achieving students say it's tough for them to meet requirements that they demonstrate year-over-year improvements. But faulty or no, the annual report card remains one of the few ways to make meaningful comparisons …

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State's New Rating System Turns District's A's to B's

Instead of using grades such as continuous improvement and excellent, the state is using letters.

Fairlawn-Bath News Digest: An Earthquake, a Rollover and More

News and features you may have missed in the last seven days.

Here’s a roundup of news and features to help you start the week caught up with what's been going on in the local news. Rollover -- A 90-year-old Copley Township man who went missing last month in his car had a rollover on Interstate 77 and was hospitalized. Police are asking the state to review Utah Waldrup's driver's license. Detective of the Year -- A Bath Township Police officer is Summit County's Detective of the Year. Read about the police work of Vito Sinopoli  Earthquake -- A 5.9 magnitude earthquake in Virginia startled some folks in Fairlawn and Bath. Read the full story here. Zips Coach Gets Montrose Welcome -- The Zips have a new baseball coach. Rick Rembielak isn't new to the area and is happy to be home. See the video of his …

5 Things You Need to Know About District Report Cards

The state department of education is releasing school district report cards at 10 a.m. today

Understanding the state's school district report cards can be tricky. Here are five tips to ensure you're reading them for what they're worth. This information can be found on the Ohio Department of Education's website. 1. The Ohio Department of Education rates districts based on how well they perform on 26 state indicators. The ratings include: • excellent with distinction • excellent • effective • continuous improvement • academic watch and • academic emergency 2. Districts must meet the state indicators at the same level as or higher than the state requirement in areas such as graduation rate, attendance rate, Ohio Graduation Tests, and third- through eighth-grade achievement. 3. The Performance Index measures student achievement based …

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State Grades Copley-Fairlawn Schools Excellent, Revere Schools Excellent with Distinction

Copley-Farilawn falls one category in the rankings, Revere moves up.

The Ohio Department of Education will release state report cards Wednesday and preliminary reports show Copley-Fairlawn Schools and Revere Local Schools districts were rated "Excellent" and "Excellent with Distinction," respectively. Copley-Fairlawn dropped a category since last year to the second highest category. Revere's ranking rose one step to the highest state ranking. The six designations are: Excellent with Distinction; Excellent; Effective; Continuous Improvement; Academic Watch; Academic Emergency. Here's a portion of the metrics used to determine Copley-Fairlawn's ranking: Here a portion of the measurements used to determine Revere's ranking: To see how the districts ranked in every category, view the full report from the ODE on…

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