COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Department of Education will release the 2022 Ohio School Report Cards on Thursday, sharing performance information for districts, schools, community schools, Career Technical Planning Districts and schools that receive the dropout recovery and prevention report card.

Spreadsheets containing the performance information can be found by clicking here. 

This year, districts and schools will not receive overall ratings. Instead, the report cards will include five rated components and various report-only data. The components will receive ratings from one to five stars. For an explanation of the components from the 2022 Guide to Ohio School Report Cards, click here.

“The more we understand the needs of students through the Ohio School Report Card results and other data, the better we can personalize education, focus instruction and tailor enrichment programs to accelerate and enhance learning,” Interim Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Stephanie Siddens said in a news release.

“Ohio’s education community, together with families, is working to improve achievement for students," said Siddens. "Our charge is clear, and the work ahead remains more urgent than ever as we continue an emphasis on literacy and mathematics acceleration while providing supports and interventions to help students overcome obstacles to learning."

Find the report cards and other data for all districts and schools, including community schools, on the Ohio School Report Cards webpage.

Ohio Federation of Teachers President Melissa Cropper said the report cards reflect what teachers and staff have observed.

"Our students need more support to fully bounce back from the pandemic and remote learning disruptions in the last few years," Cropper said in a news release. "While we believe the report cards could be more useful if they were less dependent on standardized test scores, they are helpful in determining where there are gaps that need to be addressed."

Cropper said schools need to be ready and equipped to help students deal with trauma and a deficit in social emotional learning.

"As we’ve seen in some school districts in Ohio and across the country, one way to achieve this is by turning schools into Community Learning Centers, which bring community resources and supports into school settings," Cropper said. "We urge school districts to explore this model of education, and we urge our state legislators to fully fund the Fair School Funding Plan, so that districts can be proactive about meeting the challenges our students face.”