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About This Year's Report
Card
Each
year, Oregon
’s Superintendent of Public Instruction releases report cards
for all public elementary and secondary schools and every school
district so
that citizens may see how their schools are doing.
The report cards posted by Oregon Department of Education are
performance reports required by state law. Districts are
responsible for downloading report cards from ODE’s Web site,
duplicating, and distributing the report cards. This year, schools
and districts must ensure that students’ parents have the
information in hand by December
15 (OAR 581-022-1060).
The
State Board of Education adopted new achievement standards last
winter for reading, mathematics, and science. So “cut scores”
changed for reading and mathematics (science results were omitted
this year). Bar graphs of writing results on school and district
report cards include only the results of students who meet or
exceed the achievement standard, not those who
"conditionally" met it. In addition, there were changes
in participation rules as well as a temporary switch to
pencil-and-paper testing. Paper-and-pencil testing was new to some
students, and some had only one opportunity to take state
assessments, which had not been the case in past years. In
addition, there were fewer test questions, which affected the
high-end and low-end scores. For these reasons and others, ODE
made a two-point adjustment to the achievement grading scale and a
one-point adjustment to the improvement scale.
Despite
the changes, 98.3% of all students in grades 3-8 and 10 were
tested on the
Oregon
statewide assessment tests, and 83% of Oregon
’s schools were rated Satisfactory or Strong.
The
report cards released by ODE contain the federally required
adequate yearly progress (AYP)
ratings of “Met” or “Not Met” as well as an overall rating
for which ODE uses a formula combining student performance,
student behavior, improvement, and school characteristics. Student
performance averages the past two years of students’ statewide
assessment scores. Overall ratings are Exceptional, Strong,
Satisfactory, Low, and Unacceptable.
Individual school and district report cards
are available
from the Report Card Information Page on the Oregon Department of Education's
website.
Report
Card Update Newsletter ( ) (Updated 10/9/07)
Update
of changes to the report cards.
Toolkit Documents
- Wraparound
Template ()
(Updated: 10/9/07)
A
sample of a wrap-around districts can adapt to encase the state’s
report cards - for viewing only.
- Wraparound
Template (
 )
(Updated: 10/9/07)
A
text-only version of the wrap-around districts can use
for easy cutting and pasting - editable version.
- Suggestions
for personalizing report card information () (Updated 10/4/07)
Personalize
your report cards with local information - Suggestions
for information your district and schools can
include on the "Local Information" panel on the
state report cards - for viewing only.
- Suggestions
for personalizing report card information () (Updated 10/4/07)
Personalize
your report cards with local information - Suggestions
for information your district and schools can
include on the "Local Information" panel on the
state report cards - editable version.
- Two
Frequently
Asked Questions flyers:
- Talking
Points Handout ()
A
Talking Points
handout for staff, school board members, parents and community
opinion leaders. (Updated 10/4/07)
- AYP
and Report Card Comparison Chart () (Updated
10/4/07)
A
handy comparison of state and federal systems - for viewing only.
- AYP
and Report Card Comparison Chart () (Updated
10/4/07)
A
handy comparison of state and federal systems - editable
version.
- Rating
Formulas Overview () (Updated
10/4/07)
The differences between state and
federal rating formulas. (Updated 10/4/07)
- Sample
News Release () (Updated
10/4/07)
Sample
news release
the district can use with local news media after
the report cards are released.
- Sample
Newsletter Article () (Updated
10/4/07)
Sample
newsletter article
for school principals to place in parent newsletters after
the report cards are released. (Updated 10/4/07)
Report
Card Categories in a Nutshell
Description of what ODE includes on each panel of the report cards.
Report
Card Prototypes
Sample report cards from the
Department of Education:
Report
Card Laws and Regulations
- Senate
Bill 1329 mandated the creation of school and district performance reports.
- OAR
581-022-1060 (Oregon Administrative Rule)
Outlines how the
Superintendent of Public Instruction is to carry out the report-card program.
- Senate
Bill 811 Added data to be
included on reports.
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