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School Value-Added

Interacting with the Report

View the growth of your school's students in the most recent year.

As the school math coordinator, you want to determine which grades need the most support based on the growth index.

  1. Click the Reports tab.
  2. Select Value-Added under the School Reports heading.
  3. In the filter panel, select the Growth columns needed under Data to Display.
  4. In the Tests and Subjects section, click the arrows next to the Ohio's State Tests (4-8) (OST) and Ohio's State Tests End-of-Course (OST EOC) filters to expand them.
  5. Deselect all subjects except math under Ohio's State Tests (4-8) (OST) and Ohio's State Tests End-of-Course (OST EOC).
  6. The growth data for math in the current year appears in the report.
Compare your most recent year of growth and achievement with previous years.

As an elementary school principal, you would like to determine whether a support program for fifth-grade math has produced positive growth and achievement results over the last two years.

  1. Click the Reports tab.
  2. Select Value-Added under the School Reports heading.
  3. In the filter panel, select the Growth and Achievement columns needed under Data to Display.
  4. In the Tests and Subjects section, click on the arrow next to the Ohio's State Tests (4-8) (OST) filter to expand it.
  5. Clear the check boxes for all subjects except math.
  6. Expand the menu for math and select fifth grade.
  7. Under Years, select the check boxes for the two most recent years.
  8. The growth and achievement data appears in the report.
View achievement for one or more subjects, grades, courses, or years.

As a middle school principal, you are meeting with the math department to show their students' achievement upon exiting each grade.

  1. Click the Reports tab.
  2. Select Value-Added under the School Reports heading.
  3. In the filter panel, select the Achievement columns needed under Data to Display.
  4. In the Tests and Subjects section, click on the arrow next to the Ohio's State Tests (4-8) (OST) filter to expand it.
  5. Deselect all subjects except math.
  6. Expand the menu for math to deselect any grade that you don't want to view.
  7. Under Years, select the check boxes for the years you want to view.
  8. The data appears in the report.
View the growth of a cohort of students over time.

As the math coordinator, you are documenting the results of a grant supporting your students' learning in math. Use the School Value-Added report to find the math growth indexes of last year's fifth-grade cohort over the past two years.

  1. Click the Reports tab.
  2. Select Value-Added under the School Reports heading.
  3. In the filter panel, select the Growth columns needed under Data to Display.
  4. In the Tests and Subjects section, click on the arrow next to the Ohio's State Tests (4-8) (OST) filter to expand the menu.
  5. Deselect all subjects except math.
  6. Expand the menu for math and deselect all grades except fifth grade.
  7. Under Years, select the check boxes for the years you want to view.
  8. The data appears in the report.
View growth results with specific effectiveness levels.

The principal asked for your assistance in recognizing grades in the school that exhibit high growth in math.

  1. Click the Reports tab.
  2. Select Value-Added under the School Reports heading.
  3. In the filter panel, select the Effectiveness Level check box under Data to Display.
  4. In the Tests and Subjects section, click on the arrow next to the Ohio's State Tests (4-8) (OST) filter to expand the menu.
  5. Deselect all subjects except math.
  6. In the Effectiveness Level section, deselect the Yellow, Orange, and Red check boxes.
  7. Under Years, select the check boxes for the years you want to view.
  8. The data appears in the report.
View growth and achievement for grades over multiple years.

As the school admin, you are preparing for a vertical team meeting with your middle school math teachers. At this meeting, you want to display math growth results and discuss the trends.

  1. Click the Reports tab.
  2. Select Value-Added under the School Reports heading.
  3. In the filter panel, select the Growth and Achievement columns needed under Data to Display.
  4. In the Tests and Subjects section, click on the arrow next to Ohio's State Tests (4-8) (OST).
  5. Deselect all subjects except math.
  6. Under Years, select the check boxes for the years you want to view.
  7. The data appears in the report.
How to compare growth results between schools.

As a school principal, you want to compare your school's growth measures in Science to other schools in the district.

  1. Click the Reports tab.
  2. Select Value-Added under the School Reports heading. Change the currently selected School to your school if needed.
  3. In the filter panel, under Districts and Schools, click Add a Comparison. A new District and Schools… drop-down menu populates.
  4. Select one of the Schools you want to compare from the drop-down menu.
  5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until all the schools are added. You can add up to 10 schools to the comparison list.
  6. In the Test and Subjects section, deselect all subjects except Science.
  7. The growth data for Science in five schools appear in the report and can be compared.