http://www.buckeyeinstitute.org/blog/2008/07/28/it-goes-to-eleven/ Up To The Minute Analysis Of Ohio Public Policy Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:34:40 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 http://www.buckeyeinstitute.org/blog/2008/07/28/it-goes-to-eleven/comment-page-1/#comment-721 Marc Schare Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:32:06 +0000 http://www.buckeyeinstitute.org/blog/?p=2243#comment-721 Actually, the "excellent", "Continuous Improvement" etc is a child of the Ohio Legislature. President Bush and Senator Kennedy gave us No Child Left Behind that can artifically muck with the ratings. Ohio also gave us "Value Add", a poorly named but more accurate indicator of school district success because it takes into account the raw material the school had to start with. We also have the Performance Index which takes into account not only how many kids passed, but in general, how well they did. The data is out there if only our society (and the press, a reflection of our society) cared enough to look. Actually, the “excellent”, “Continuous Improvement” etc is a child of the Ohio Legislature. President Bush and Senator Kennedy gave us No Child Left Behind that can artifically muck with the ratings. Ohio also gave us “Value Add”, a poorly named but more accurate indicator of school district success because it takes into account the raw material the school had to start with. We also have the Performance Index which takes into account not only how many kids passed, but in general, how well they did. The data is out there if only our society (and the press, a reflection of our society) cared enough to look.

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