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Notes:
This file includes the district- and school-level 2013 Performance Index rankings as of Aug. 26, 2013.
This file was created in response to language in Ohio Revised Code (ORC 3302.21.) that requires the Ohio Department of Education to develop a system to rank traditional school districts, community schools, STEM schools and traditional public schools based on their Performance Index scores. In cases where a Performance Index score does not exist for a district or school, ORC 3302.21 requires the department to rank the school based on a Performance Index proxy.
The full text associated with this section of law is available here:
ORC 3302.21
This file does not include rankings based on any other district- or school-level measures.
What organizations are included in this file?
This file includes district-level and school-level rankings.  The district-level Performance Index rankings include traditional public districts, community schools and STEM schools. The school-level Performance Index rankings include traditional public schools, community schools and STEM schools.
Schools that were closed in the Ohio Educational Directory System (OEDS) as of Aug. 26, 2013, are not included in this ranking file.
What is the Performance Index?
The Performance Index is a calculation that measures student performance on the Ohio Achievement Assessments/Ohio Graduation Tests in grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10 (OGT).
You can learn more about the role of the Performance Index in Ohio's current accountability system by visiting the Ohio Department of Education's website using the following link:
http://reportcard.education.ohio.gov/Pages/default.aspx
In cases where a district or school does not have a Performance Index score, ORC 3302.21 indicates that the department may utilize a Performance Index score proxy so that all schools and districts may be compared in the rankings.
There are five general situations that might result in an entity being ranked on the basis of a  Performance Index  proxy:
1. Schools that only serve students in grades below three (e.g., a [NAME] building). Students do not begin taking Ohio’s Achievement Assessments until the third grade which means that buildings that serve students only in grades two or earlier will have no scores upon which to base the Performance Index score.
2. Schools that serve students only in Grade 9. Ohio does not have an assessment in the 9th grade. Students are tested annually in grades 3-8 and again in grade 10.  There are a few districts that operate buildings with only 9th-grade students. Such buildings will have no scores upon which to base the Performance Index score.
3. Schools that serve students only in grades higher than 10. In a high school, the Performance Index calculation includes only the scores of students who take the Ohio Graduation Test in the 10th grade. The scores of students who must retake the assessments in grades 11 or 12 because they failed them in grade 10 are not part of a school’s Performance Index score. Thus, if a high school serves only upperclassmen in grades above 10, it will not have a Performance Index score.
4. Districts that are not part of Ohio’s accountability system. One public district, College Corner Local, is part of Indiana’s accountability system because of a long-standing agreement. Students in this district take Indiana’s assessments.
5. Students with fewer than 10 tested students. Ohio does not calculate a Performance Index score for use in the accountability system in cases where there are fewer than 10 tested students contributing to the Performance Index score calculation.
In establishing the Performance Index score that would be used for the 2013  Performance Index  score rankings, the department employed the following  Performance Index  score assignment hierarchy:
 | Proxy Category |  |  | Performance Index  Proxy Descriptor
1 | Actual  Performance Index  score |  |  | Used for traditional public districts, traditional public schools, community schools and STEM schools.  Based on results from all tested subjects, grades 3-8 and 10.  Actual PI scores are only calculated in cases where there are at least ten students contributing test data to a PI score.
2 | Feeder pattern  Performance Index  score |  |  | Used for traditional public schools.  In cases where the actual  Performance Index score is not available, the department will use feeder school patterns established during the 2013 Local Report Card process to assign a feeder school  Performance Index score. The feeder school Performance Index score is based on test scores in third grade only.
3 | Grade 11  Performance Index Score |  |  | Used for traditional public schools, community schools and STEM schools. In cases where neither an actual Performance Index score nor a feeder pattern Performance Index score are available, the department will calculate a Performance Index proxy utilizing a school's 11th-grade cumulative test data.  Grade 11 Performance Index proxies will only be calculated in cases where there are at least 10 students contributing test data to a Performance Index score.
4 | Grade 12 PI Score |  |  | Used for traditional public schools, community schools and STEM schools. In cases where neither an actual Performance Index score, nor a feeder pattern Performance Index score are available, the department will calculate a Performance Index proxy utilizing a school's 12th-grade cumulative test data.  Grade 12 Performance Index proxies will only be calculated in cases where there are at least 10 students contributing test data to a Performance Index score.
5 | Actual Test Data - Less than 10 Students |  |  | Used for traditional public schools, community schools and STEM schools. In cases where an actual Performance Index score, a feeder Performance Index score, and a grade 11 Performance Index score are all unavailable, the department will calculate a Performance Index proxy utilizing all test data for which the school is accountable, regardless of the number of students contributing test data to the Performance Index calculation. The Performance Index proxy will be based on all tested subjects in grades 3-8 and 10.
Data Elements |  |  | Description |  |  |  |  |  |  | Additional Notes
2013  Performance Index  ranking |  |  | District and school ranks based on FY2013 Performance Index and proxies. For the purposes of this ranking, the department uses a competition ranking methodology.  As a result, in cases where districts and schools have the same Performance Index, the tied organizations will receive the same Performance Index rank.
ODE designated county |  |  | District's Ohio Department of Education designated county, based on primary mailing address in the Ohio Educational Directory System (OEDS).
District IRN |  |  | Six-digit unique identifier
District name |  |  | District's name
District org type |  |  | Indicates whether the district is a public district, community school or STEM school. |  |  |  |  |  |  | Only applicable in district rankings.
District Org status as of Aug. 26, 2013 |  |  | District organizational status, as listed in the Ohio Educational Directory System (OEDS) as of Aug. 26, 2013. |  |  |  |  |  |  | Only applicable in district rankings.
School IRN |  |  | Six-digit unique identifier |  |  |  |  |  |  | Only applicable in school rankings
School name |  |  | School name |  |  |  |  |  |  | Only applicable in school rankings
School org type |  |  | Indicates whether the school is a public, community or STEM school. |  |  |  |  |  |  | Only applicable in school rankings
School Org Status as of Aug. 26, 2013 |  |  | School's organizational status, as listed in the Ohio Educational Directory System (OEDS) as of Aug. 26, 2013. |  |  |  |  |  |  | Only applicable in school rankings
School type |  |  | Indicates whether the school is a high school, middle school, junior high school or elementary school |  |  |  |  |  |  | Only applicable in school rankings
2013 grade span served |  |  | 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  Performance Index for ranking |  |  | 2013 Performance Index or 2013 Performance Index Proxy used for the performance index proxy.  [NAME] is based on the complete PI score; no rounding occurs in the ranking process.  The complete PI score is available in this file.
2013  Performance Index  proxy descriptor |  |  | Indicates whether or not a PI Score Proxy has been used and, if so, what kind of proxy was used.  See PI Proxy Assignment hierarchy for more details on descriptor.
2013  Performance Index  letter grade |  |  | Letter grade assigned to district/school's 2013 Performance Index in Ohio's 2013 accountability system.
Additional comments |  |  | Additional notes about the district or school's accountability measures. |  |  |  |  |  |  | Districts or schools whose data is under review by the department are noted here.