New Report Card Shows Mixed Results For CH-UH Schools

Ohio's newly designed school report cards show mixed results for Cleveland Heights - University Heights City Schools.

The new report cards rate schools in nine different areas and districts will receive an A through F grade for each.

While the district did well on value-added measures, it struggled in other areas.

Here are the results:

ACHIEVEMENT:
Standards Met: F
Performance index: C

PROGRESS:
Value Added: A
Gifted student value added: A
Disabled student value added: A
Lower 20% value added: A

GAP CLOSING:
Annual Manuel Objectives: F

GRADUATION RATE
4-year graduation rate: F
5-year graduation rate: D

Superintendent Nylajean McDaniel addressed the results in a statement on the district website:

These results underline the fact that there remains a subset of students, approximately 30 percent of our students every year, who are performing below expectations. 

In order to improve overall, we need students to make greater gains within each school year.  Many of our students are not functioning at grade level and although we are making gains with them, we need to do even more to improve their achievement rating.

Assistant Superintendent Dr. Andrea Celico and her educational services team have begun the evaluation process of our educational programs, which will aid in determining the success and future implementation of each.

In addition, Dr. Celico comes to the CH-UH school district with a strong background in the Ohio Improvement Process, which will lend itself perfectly to aligning district initiatives and creating goals to increase student achievement. As a result, communication will increase, shared leadership will emerge, and the district will become more focused on its efforts and initiatives.

We are heartened by the instances of improvement, and we can see in these results the clear positive outcome of several of our initiatives, especially the 3rd Grade Reading Guarantee.

However, it is clear that the state of Ohio’s new report card system is setting communities up for undeserved disappointment. Significant drops in 'ratings' will be seen in all districts, even in places, like our District, where performance has been nearly identical to last year.