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This file represents the 2013 Value-Added rankings produced by the Ohio Department of Education as of January 28, 2014.
ORC 3302.21 (A)(2) requires the Ohio Department of Education to rank traditional public school districts, community schools and STEM schools on student performance growth, using the Value-Added progress dimension, if applicable.
Per ORC 3302.21 (A)(1), community schools to which section 3314.017 of the Revised Code applies are not included in the Value-Added Rankings.
The full text associated with this section of law is available here:
ORC 3302.21 (A)(2)
Per legislation, this file ranks traditional public districts, community schools and STEM schools based on their overall 2013 Value-Added gain index. The file does not include any other rankings required by law.
Districts that were reported as closed in the Ohio Educational Directory System (OEDS) as of Jan 22, 2014, are not included in the rankings.
Districts whose data are under review as a result of the 2011 findings by the Auditor of State are not ranked in the Value-Added rankings. These districts are included in the file at the bottom of the ranking list with a rank of "NR."
What is Value-Added?
Value-Added is a growth measurement that assesses districts' and schools' impact on student progress from year to year.
In 2013, Ohio produced Value-Added growth analyses for reading and math, in grades 4-8.
More information about the technical aspects of Ohio's Value-Added measures is available here:
http://education.ohio.gov/Topics/School-Improvement/Diagnostic-Review/Value-Added-Technical-Reports
Complete List of Data Elements Included in this File
Data Element | Description | Additional Notes
2013 Value-Added rank | District’s rank based on their 2013 Value-Added gain index.  For the purposes of this ranking, the department uses a competition ranking methodology. As a result, in cases where LEAs have the same Value-Added gain index, the districts will receive the same Value-Added rank.
District name | District name
2013 Value-Added gain index | The Value-Added gain index is a standardized measure of a district's Value-Added gain score and is calculated by dividing the district's Value-Added gain score by the district's Value-Added standard error. Beginning in 2013, Ohio will utilize an up-to-three-year average composite gain index for use in assigning Value-Added letter grades.
2013 Value-Added letter grade | The Value-Added letter grade is based on the district's Value-Added gain index. Value-Added letter grades are assigned based on the following scale:                                                                         A = 2.0 and above                                                                                                  B = 1.0 to 1.9                                                                                                                      C = -1.0 to 0.9                                                                                                                  D = -2.0 to - 1.1                                                                                           F = Below -2.0
2013 Value-Added gain score | The Value-Added gain score is the point estimate of the mean gains for each grade/subject combination. For the purposes of this file, this is the estimate of all grades (4-8) and subjects (reading and math) served by the district. The estimates represent the average gain for the district.
2013 Value-Added standard error | The Value-Added standard error is a measure of the precision of the Value-Added gain score. A smaller standard error means that the gain score is more precise than a larger standard error.
District IRN | Six-digit unique district identifier.
ODE designated county | District's ODE designated county, assigned based on the district's primary mailing address in the Ohio Educational Directory System.
District org type | For public districts, indicates whether the district is a local, exempted village or city district. For community schools, indicates whether the school is a start-up or conversion school.
District org status as of Jan 22, 2014 | District organizational status, as listed in the Ohio Educational Directory System (OEDS) as of January 22, 2014.
2013 grade span | Indicates the grade levels served by the entity in 2013. Note that for community schools, the grade span indicates the grades the community school is authorized to serve, not necessarily the grades actually served by the school in 2013.
2013 additional information | Additional notes about the district's 2013 accountability measures. | Districts whose data is under review by the department are noted here.