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Notes:
This file includes the district- and school-level 2013 Performance Index Rankings as of January 22, 2014.
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 complete ORC language 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 PI Rankings include traditional public districts, community schools, and STEM schools.  The school-level PI rankings include traditional public schools, community schools, and STEM schools.
Schools that were closed in OEDS as of January 22, 2014 are not included in this ranking file.
What is the Performance Index?
The Performance Idex is a calculation that measures student performance on the Ohio Achievement Assessments/Ohio Graduate Tests at the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 10th (OGT) grade levels.
You can learn more about the role of the Performance Index in Ohio's current accountability system by visiting ODE'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 PI 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 PI 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 their PI score.
2. Schools that serve students only in Grade 9 – Ohio has no assessment in the 9th grade.  Students are tested annually in grades three through eight and again in grade ten.  There are a few districts that operate buildings that house only 9th grade students.  Such buildings will have no scores upon which to base their PI score.
3. Schools that serve students only in grades higher than ten – 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 eleven or twelve because they failed them in grade ten are not part of a school’s PI score.  Thus, if a high school serves only upperclassmen in grades above ten, it will have no PI 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 ten tested students – Ohio does not calculate a Performance Index score for use in the accountability system in cases where there are less than 10 tested students contributing to the PI score calculation.
In establishing the Performance Index Score that would be used for the 2013 PI Score Rankings, the department employed the following PI Score Assignment hierarchy:
 | Proxy Category |  |  | PI Proxy Descriptor
1 | Actual PI 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 PI Score |  |  | Used for traditional public schools.  In cases where the Actual PI score is not available, the department will use feeder school patterns established during the 2013 LRC process to assign a Feeder School PI Score.  The Feeder School PI score is based on test scores in third grade only.
3 | Grade 11 PI Score |  |  | Used for traditional public schools, community schools, and STEM schools.  In cases where niether an Actual PI Score, nor a Feeder Pattern PI score are available, the department will calculate a PI Proxy utilizing a school's 11th grade cumulative test data.  Grade 11 PI proxies will only be calculated in cases where there are at least ten students contributing test data to a PI score.
4 | Actual Test Data - Less than 10 Students |  |  | Used for traditional public schools, community schools, and STEM schools.  In cases where an Actual PI Score, a Feeder PI Score, and a Grade 11 PI Score are all unavailable, the department will calculate a PI Proxy utilizing all test data for which the school is accountable, regardless of the number of students contributing test data to the PI calculation.  The PI Proxy will be based on all tested subjects in grades 3-8 and 10.
Data Elements |  |  | Description |  |  |  |  |  |  | Additional Notes
2013 PI 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 PI Rank.
ODE Designated County |  |  | District's ODE Designated county, based on primary mailing address in OEDS.
District IRN |  |  | Six-Digit Unique Identifier
District Name |  |  | District's Name
District Org Type |  |  | Indicates whether district is public district, community school, or STEM school. |  |  |  |  |  |  | Only applicable in District Rankings.
District Org Status as of 22Jan2014 |  |  | District organizational status, as listed in the Ohio Educational Directory System (OEDS) as of January 22, 2014. |  |  |  |  |  |  | Only applicable in District Rankings.
School IRN |  |  | Six-Digit Unique Identifer |  |  |  |  |  |  | Only applicable in School Rankings
School Name |  |  | School Name |  |  |  |  |  |  | Only applicable in School Rankings
School Org Type |  |  | Indicates whether school is public, community or STEM school. |  |  |  |  |  |  | Only applicable in School Rankings
School Org Status as of 22Jan2014 |  |  | School's organizational status, as listed in the Ohio Educational Directory System (OEDS) as of January 22, 2014. |  |  |  |  |  |  | Only applicable in School Rankings
School Type |  |  | Indicates whether or not school is 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.
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.