2007-2008 School Report Card

Toledo Public School system info :

• District rating : Continuous Improvement - Grade C.
  • Last year's rating was Academic Watch - Grade D.
• Number of state indicators met out of 30 : 5 which is 17%.
  • Last year, TPS also met 5 of 30 indicators.
• Performance Index Score (0-120 points) : 80.1
  • Last year's PI score was 79.1.
• Adequate Yearly Progress : Not Met
  • TPS failed to meet AYP last year too.
• new Value Added Measure : - = below

If a school district meets AYP OR scores at least 80.0 on the PI, then the lowest a district can be rated is Continuous Improvement even though TPS only met 5 of 30 indicators. For the 2007-2008 school year, TPS was 0.2 PI points away from being rated Academic Watch again.

• Ottawa Hills received the highest score in the state. For years, it has shuffled among the state's top school systems with Solon Schools near Cleveland and Wyoming City Schools north of Cincinnati. Last year, Ottawa Hills was number three. - Aug 26, 2008 Toledo Blade

• The other school district in Toledo : Washington Local :
  • Rating : Excellent
  • Indicators met : 21
  • PI : 94.4
  • AYP : Met

Report Links and Info

• Toledo Public School District 2007-2008 Report Card - pdf file
• 2007-2008 Report Card Analysis by TPS - pdf file
• District Reports for Toledo Public School District
• Ohio Department of Education Home Page
• Ohio Report Cards
• New Report Card Measure Shows How School Adds Value To Student Progress - New report card value
• Local Report Card Search - for fancy PDF files
• Building and District Search - for HTML pages
• Current and Past Report Cards for District and Buildings - PDF files
• Power User Reports
• Urban Coalition of Toledo

Old report card topics

Past Toledo Talk report card threads:

• 2003
• 2004
• 2005
• 2006
• 2007

Test Indicators

For 2007-2008 school report card : To meet a test indicator for grades 3-8 and 10, at least 75% of students tested must score proficient or higher on that test. Other indicator requirements are: 11th grade Ohio Graduation Test, 85%; Attendance Rate, 93%; Graduation Rate, 90%.

Report cards released in August for the previous school year:

• 2002: report card showed TPS met 5 of 27 academic standards (.18) Academic Emergency
• 2003: 6 of 22 (.27) Academic Emergency
• 2004: 7 of 18 (.39) Continous Improvement
• 2005: 4 of 23 (.17) Continous Improvement
• 2006: 6 of 25 (.24) Continous Improvement
• 2007: 5 of 30 (.17) Academic Watch
• 2008: 5 of 30 (.17) Continuous Improvement

Adequate Yearly Progress

Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) is a federally required measure. Every school and district must meet AYP goals that are set for Reading and Mathematics Proficiency and Participation, Attendance Rate, and Graduation Rate. These goals are applied to ten student groups: All Students; Economically Disadvantaged Students; Asian/Pacific Islander Students; Black, non-Hispanic Students; American Indian/Alaskan Native Students; Hispanic Students; Multi-Racial Students; White, non-Hispanic Students; Students with Disabilities (IEP); and Students with Limited English Proficiency (LEP).

If any one of these groups does not meet AYP in Reading or Mathematics Proficiency, or in Participation, Attendance Rate, or Graduation Rate, then the school or district does not meet AYP. AYP also can affect the state designation that a school or district receives in one of two ways. Not meeting AYP for consecutive years will have both federal and state consequences. Federal consequences could include a school or district being identified for improvement. State consequences could include a reduction in the state's rating designation.

TPS 2007-2008 AYP (identical to 2006-2007)

• Reading Participation Goal: Met
• Mathematics Participation Goal: Met
• Reading Proficiency Goal: Not Met
• Mathematics Proficiency Goal: Not Met
• Attendance Goal: Met
• Graduation Goal: Met

• Overall AYP: Not Met

Performance Index Score

The Performance Index Score reflects the achievement of every student enrolled for the full academic year. The Performance Index Score is a weighted average of all tested subjects and grades. The greatest weight is given to advanced scores (1.2), and the weights decrease for each performance level. This results in a scale from 0 to 120 points. The Performance Index Score can be compared across years to show district achievement trends.

TPS PI over time :

• 2004-2005 - 76.5
• 2005-2006 - 80.4
• 2006-2007 - 79.1
• 2007-2008 - 80.1

Value-Added Measure

Your district's value-added rating represents the progress your district has made with its students since last school year. In contrast, achievement scores represent students' performance at a point in time. A score of "Above" indicates greater than one year of progress has been achieved; "Met" indicates one year of progress has been achieved; "Below" indicates less than one year of progress has been achieved.

Scores reflect grade level and overall composite ratings for the 2007-2008 school year.

+ = Above Expected Growth
^ = Met Expected Growth
- = Below Expected Growth

TPS's Overall Composite - Below Expected Growth

Schools in School Improvement

Generally, a school will enter School Improvement (SI) after missing AYP for two consecutive years, and it can exit SI only after meeting AYP for two consecutive years. Every school in SI has to create an improvement plan. If a school in SI receives federal funds, it may have to offer Public School Choice and/or Supplemental Educational Services. Being in SI for three or more years requires more extensive corrective actions and, eventually, restructuring.

Name of Schools Identified for Improvement and Years in Improvement Status

Allied Health Academy 1
Arlington Elementary 1
Arts and Media Academy 1
Birmingham Elementary 3
Bowsher High 4
Burroughs Elementary 1
Byrnedale Middle 5
Chase Elementary 5
DeVeaux Middle 3
East Broadway Middle 4
East Side Central Elementary 2
Edgewater Elementary 1
Fulton Elementary 7
Garfield Elementary 5
Glendale-Feilbach Elementary 3
Hale Elementary 5
Hawkins Elementary 2
Human Services Academy 1
Humanities Academy 1
Keyser Elementary 2
Lagrange Elementary 3
Larchmont Elementary 1
Leverette Middle 5
Libbey High 3
Lincoln Academy for Boys 3
Longfellow Elementary 2
Marshall Elementary 2
Mayfair Achievement 1
McKinley Elementary 2
McTigue Middle 5
Navarre Elementary 2
Newbury Elementary 3
Oakdale Elementary 3
Old Orchard Elementary 2
Pickett Elementary 9
Raymer Elementary 2
Reynolds Elementary 3
Riverside Elementary 5
Robinson Middle 5
Rogers High 5
Rosa Parks Elementary 5
Samuel M. Jones at Gunckel Park Middle 5
Science Math And Related Technologies Acdmy 1
Scott High 4
Sherman Elementary 2
Start High 4
Waite High 1
Walbridge Elementary 1
Whittier Elementary 2
Woodward High 5

TPS Building Ratings

2007-2008 Building Totals

• Excellent 2
• Effective 8
• Continuous Improvement 26
• Academic Watch 13
• Academic Emergency 9

2006-2007 Building Totals

• Excellent 3
• Effective 6
• Continuous Improvement 23
• Academic Watch 18
• Academic Emergency 10

School Teacher Information

Under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, states are required to report certain data about schools and teachers. Data presented here are for reporting purposes only and are not used in the computation of the state designation for districts and schools.

Continuous Improvement?

If only looking at the number of academic standards TPS met, which was 5 of 30, TPS would be rated Academic Emergency. But the state provides a couple of chances for the poor performing school districts to appear to be doing better than they really are. That would be AYP and PI.

If a school district is Academic Emergency based upon the number of indicators met, but the district meets AYP, then the lowest the district can be rated is Continuous Improvement. This is how TPS got the Continuous Improvement rating after the 2004 and 2005 report cards.

If a school district is Academic Emergency based upon the number of indicators met, and the district fails to meet AYP, but the district scores at least an 80.0 on the PI, then the lowest the district can be rated is Continuous Improvement. This was TPS's situation in the 2006 report card when TPS did not meet AYP but scored 80.4 on the PI, and that's also the situation for the current report card for the 2007-2008 school year when TPS's PI score was 80.1.

Determining the Rating

Determining your district's report card designation is amulti-step process. The first step is to determine a preliminary rating, which is based on the following components: 1) the percentage of indicatorsmet, 2) the performance index score and 3) AYP status.

The preliminary rating results from identifying the higher value between the percentage of indicators met by your district and your district's performance index score. AYP then is evaluated to determine its effect on the preliminary designation. There are three ways in which AYP can affect the preliminary designation.

1. If a district meets AYP in the current year, it can be rated no lower than Continuous Improvement.
2. If a district does not meet AYP for three consecutive years and in the current year it does not meet AYP in more than one student group, it can be rated no higher than Continuous Improvement.
3. In all other cases, AYP has no effect on the preliminary designation. Once the preliminary designation is determined, value-added, the fourth measure in the accountability system, is evaluated to determine the impact (if any) on the district's final designation.

1. If your district's rating is restricted to Continuous Improvement due to AYP, then value-added will have no impact on the designation and the preliminary designation becomes the final designation.
2. If your district experiences above expected growth for at least two consecutive years, your district's final designation will increase by one level.
3. In all other cases, value added has no effect on the rating and the preliminary designation becomes the final designation.

Area School Ratings

A school district's 2007-2008 rating and the number of academic indicators met out of a possible 30:

Fulton County

Lucas County

Ottawa County

Wood County

Miscellaneous Info

Toledo Property Taxes

From the fall Fall 2007 Lucas County Tax Distribution and Levy Estimator ...

Breakdown on where a Toledoan's property taxes are spent :

• Lucas County Levies 26.27%
• Toledo City Levies 8.60%
• Other 3.25%
• Toledo City School District 61.88%

TPS Levy success

• Nov 2002: new building levy passed
• Nov 2003: renewal levy passed
• Nov 2004: renewal levy passed
• Nov 2005: renewal levy passed
• Nov 2006: no levy on the ballot
• Nov 2007: no levy on the ballot

At least one TPS levy will be on the November 2008 ballot.

TPS Teacher Residency

From the TFT Web site :

From a March 2004 thread titled Mayor Ford loses support of black teachers :

Karen Shanahan said in an April 2007 Glass City Jungle thread :

School Spending

FY04 data posted by historymike.

Per-pupil by district for FY05 and FY06

(will add FY07 data later if available)

Fulton County

Lucas County

Ottawa County

Wood County

Source from the Expenditure and Revenue data page at the ODE Web site.

Tuition at Toledo Central Catholic High School for the 2008-2009 school year is a little over $7,000.