EMIS Data Appeals

The Department recognizes that data reporting errors can and do occur and has designed a formal process to ensure that all districts can appeal and correct substantive reporting errors.

Data Appeals Process

The data appeal process is completed online through the OH|ID account.

Current Data Appeals

None at this time

Upcoming Data Appeals

*Note, all dates are subject to change

FY24 Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA-R)

Required to Approve: Superintendent (instructions)
Appeal Opens:
April 8, 2024

Appeal Closes: April 26, 2024

FY24 Collections Included

Impacted Organizations

  • FY24 KRA Collection (2024AGOFL)
  • Organizations required to administer the KRA assessment
  • Deadline to submit corrected data in EMIS for approved appeals is May 3 at 11:59 p.m.

 

FY24 Fall 3rd Grade ELA & Reading

Required to Approve: Superintendent (instructions)
Appeal Opens:
 July 18, 2024

Appeal Closes: July 26, 2024

FY24 Collections Included

Impacted Organizations

  • FY24 Fall 3rd Gr ELA and Reading Collection (2024AGNFL)
  • Traditional districts
  • Community schools
  • STEMs
  • Deadline to submit corrected data in EMIS for approved appeals is Aug. 2 at 5 p.m.

 

FY24 Dropout Prevention & Recovery Growth Assessment 

Required to Approve: Superintendent (instructions)
Appeal Opens:
July 18, 2024

Appeal Closes: July 26, 2024

FY24 Collections Included

Impacted Organizations

  • FY24 DPR Growth Assessment Collection (2024AGDFY)
  • Community Schools required to administer the STAR assessment
  • Deadline to submit corrected data in EMIS for approved appeals is Aug. 2 at 5 p.m.

 

FY24 Spring End of Course Assessment

Required to Approve: Superintendent (instructions)
Appeal Opens:
July 18, 2024

Appeal Closes: July 26, 2024

FY24 Collections Included

Impacted Organizations

  • FY24 Spring End of Course State Assessment Collection (2024AGESP)
  • Traditional districts
  • Community schools
  • JVSDs
  • STEMs
  • Deadline to submit corrected data in EMIS for approved appeals is Aug. 2 at 5 p.m.

 

FY24 Spring State Assessment Grades 3-8​

Required to Approve: Superintendent (instructions)
Appeal Opens:
July 18, 2024

Appeal Closes: July 26, 2024

FY24 Collections Included

Impacted Organizations

  • FY24 Spring State Assessment Grades 3-8 Collection (2024AGNSP)
  • Traditional districts
  • Community schools
  • STEMs
  • Deadline to submit corrected data in EMIS for approved appeals is Aug. 2 at 5 p.m.

 

FY24 Student

Required to Approve: Superintendent (instructions)
Appeal Opens:
July 18, 2024

Appeal Closes: July 26, 2024

FY24 Collections Included

Impacted Organizations

  • FY24 End of Year Student Collection (2024S3TRD)
  • FY24 SOES End of Year Student Collection (2024SBODE) 
  • Traditional districts
  • Community schools
  • JVSDs
  • ESCs
  • STEMs
  • Examples of student data impacting the Report Card and/or funding could include, but are not limited to: attendance, enrollment, percent of time, sent to/how received, reading diagnostics, RIMP codes, attributes (LEP, disability, disadvantagement, grade level, etc.), gifted, majority of attendance, accountability IRN, accelerated, CTE program of concentration, etc.
  • This is the only opportunity for districts to correct data in their FY24 student data collection. A district’s own student data will not be subject to appeal during the FY24 funding appeals. Districts are encouraged to leverage all EMIS, funding and report card-related reports available to assess the accuracy of their student data before the deadline. The funding data appeals will only include cross-district flags (such as community school flags and overlapping enrollment) that impact funding.
  • CTE Program of Concentration Appeal Guidance
  • Deadline to submit corrected data in EMIS for approved appeals is Aug. 2 at 5 p.m.

 

FY24 CTE Assessment

Required to Approve: Superintendent (instructions)
Appeal Opens:
 Aug. 8, 2024


Appeal Closes: Aug. 16, 2024

FY24 Collections Included

Impacted Organizations

  • FY24 Career Tech Assessment Collection (2024ACTSP)

  • Organizations required to administer a CTE assessment

  • Deadline to submit corrected data in EMIS for approved appeals is Aug. 23 at 5 p.m.

 

FY24 Final Staff and Course

Required to Approve: Superintendent (instructions)
Appeal Opens:
 Aug. 8, 2024


Appeal Closes: Aug. 16, 2024

FY24 Collections Included

Impacted Organizations

  • FY24 Final Staff and Course Collection (2024L2FNL)

  • Traditional districts
  • ​Community schools
  • JVSDs
  • ESCs
  • ​STEMs
  • This is the only opportunity to appeal staff and course data that impacts both the report card and funding.  A district’s own staff and course data will not be subject to appeal during the FY24 funding appeals. Districts are encouraged to leverage all EMIS, funding and report card-related reports available to assess the accuracy of their staff and course data before the deadline.

  • Deadline to submit corrected data in EMIS for approved appeals is Aug. 23 at 5 p.m.

 

FY24 Final Calendar

Required to Approve: Superintendent (instructions)
Appeal Opens:
 Aug. 8, 2024


Appeal Closes: Aug. 16, 2024

FY24 Collections Included

Impacted Organizations

  • FY24 Calendar Collection - Final (2024CFINL)

  • Traditional districts
  • Community schools
  • JVSDs
  • ESCs
  • ​STEMs
  • This is the only opportunity to appeal calendar data that impacts both the report card and funding. A district’s own calendar data will not be subject to appeal during the FY24 funding appeals. Districts are encouraged to leverage all EMIS, funding and report card-related reports available to assess the accuracy of their calendar data before the deadline.

  • Deadline to submit corrected data in EMIS for approved appeals is Aug. 23 at 5 p.m.

 

FY24 Alternate Assessment

Required to Approve: Superintendent (instructions)
Appeal Opens:
 Aug. 8, 2024


Appeal Closes: Aug. 16, 2024

FY24 Collections Included

Impacted Organizations

  • FY24 Spring Alternate Assessment Collection (2024AALTS)

  • Traditional districts
  • ​Community schools
  • STEMs

  • Deadline to submit corrected data in EMIS for approved appeals is Aug. 23 at 5 p.m.

 

FY24 Ohio English Language Proficiency Assessment (OELPA)

Required to Approve: Superintendent (instructions)
Appeal Opens:
 Aug. 8, 2024


Appeal Closes: Aug. 16, 2024

FY24 Collections Included

Impacted Organizations

  • FY24 OELPA Assessment Collection (2024AGFSP)

  • Any organization required to administer the OELPA

  • Deadline to submit corrected data in EMIS for approved appeals is Aug. 23 at 5 p.m.

 

FY24 Other Accountability Assessment 

Required to Approve: Superintendent (instructions)
Appeal Opens:
 Aug. 12, 2024


Appeal Closes: Aug. 16, 2024

FY24 Collections Included

Impacted Organizations

  • FY24 Other Accountability Assessments (2024ANACC)

  • Traditional districts
  • ​Community schools
  • JVSDs
  • ​STEMs
  • Deadline to submit corrected data in EMIS for approved appeals is Aug. 23 at 5 p.m.

 

FY24 Summer 3rd Grade Reading

Required to Approve: Superintendent (instructions)
Appeal Opens:
 TBD


Appeal Closes: TBD

FY24 Data Included

Impacted Organizations

  • Summer 3rd grade reading test vendor file

  • Traditional districts
  • Community schools
  • ​STEMs
  • Deadline to submit corrected data in EMIS for approved appeals is TBD.

 

FY24 Funding

Required to Approve: Treasurer (first) then Superintendent
(Instructions for both above)
Appeal Opens: TBD



Appeal Closes: TBD

FY24 Data Included

Impacted Organizations

  • Community school flags
  • Overlapping enrollment
  • Cases where one district's funding is affected by another district's misreporting
  • Traditional districts
  • ​Community schools
  • JVSDs
  • ​STEM
  • ESCs

  • Please note that a district's own data is not subject to appeal. Districts were already provided an opportunity to correct this data during FY24 Student, Final Staff Course, and Final Calendar appeals.

 

FY24 Child Outcome Summary Assessment

Required to Approve: Superintendent (instructions)
Appeal Opens:
 Aug. 26, 2024


Appeal Closes: Sept. 6, 2024

FY24 Collections Included

Impacted Organizations

  • FY24 Child Outcome Summary Assessment Collection (2024AGMFY)

  • Any organization required to administer the COS assessment

  • Deadline to submit corrected data in EMIS for approved appeals is Sept. 13 at 11:59 p.m.

 

FY24 Financial 

Required to Approve: Treasurer (instructions)
Appeal Opens:
 Sept. 2, 2024


Appeal Closes: Sept. 20, 2024

FY24 Collections Included

Impacted Organizations

  • FY24 Financial Reporting (2024H0000)
  • Examples of data included: 
    • Expenditures
    • Revenue
    • Cash
  • Traditional districts
  • ​Community schools​
  • JVSDs
  • STEMs
  • ​ESCs
  • Deadline to submit corrected data in EMIS for approved appeals is Oct. 4 at 5 p.m.

 

FY25 Retention

Required to Approve: Superintendent (instructions)
Appeal Opens:
 TBD


Appeal Closes: TBD

FY25 Collections Included

Impacted Organizations

  • FY25 Retention - Grade 3 Only (2025SRTNT)

  • Traditional districts
  • Community schools
  • JVSDs
  • ​STEMs
  • Deadline to submit corrected data in EMIS for approved appeals is TBD.

 

FY25 CTE Program of Concentration

 

Required to Approve: Superintendent (instructions)
Appeal Opens: 
Sept. 9, 2024

Appeal Closes: Sept. 27, 2024

FY24 Data Included

Impacted Organizations

  • Only the student’s most recent CTE Program of Concentration will be listed on the follow-up file. Districts should not file an appeal to add additional CTE programs of concentration for students.
  • Organizations required to report CTE follow-up data in 2025S1EXT

  • FY25 CTE Program of Concentration Appeal Guidance

  • FY25 CTE Program of Concentration Data Appeal Template - If incomplete or inaccurate data is provided, the appeal may not be accepted. 
  • For CTE data and calculation related questions, please see the Program Matrix, CTE Report Card Technical Documentation or contact the Office of Career-Technical Education. ​
  • Districts will not be able to revise a student's CTE Program of Concentration to their 2025 CTE Follow-up Lists by any means other than this appeals process. 

 

FY24 Graduation

Required to Approve: Superintendent (instructions)
Appeal Opens:
 Oct. 14, 2024


Appeal Closes: Oct. 25, 2024

FY24 Collection Included

Impacted Organizations

  • FY24 Graduate Reporting (2024G0000)

  • Districts
  • ​Community schools
  • STEMs
  • Deadline to submit corrected data in EMIS for approved appeals is Nov. 8.

 

FY24 Graduate Cohort

Required to Approve: Superintendent (instructions)
Appeal Opens:
 Oct. 14, 2024


Appeal Closes: Oct. 25, 2024

FY24 Data Included

Impacted Organizations

  • Graduate Reporting: Only Fiscal Year Began Ninth Grade OR Grade Level Element

  • Districts
  • ​Community schools
  • STEMs
  • Deadline to submit corrected data in EMIS for approved appeals is Nov. 8.

 

FY24 eSchool Missing Test

Required to Approve: Superintendent (instructions)
Appeal Opens: TBD

Appeal Closes: TBD

Impacted Organizations

  • eSchools
  • FY24 eSchool Missing Test Data Appeal Template: If incomplete or inaccurate data is provided, the appeal may not be accepted. 
  • Eschool Missing Assessment Information
    This file is provided to eSchools and indicates which assessments the Department has marked as missing for a given student for the 2023-2024 school year. The files can be used to assist schools during the eSchool missing test appeals process. Each school’s file can contain up to two tabs, MISSED_ANY_ES_SSIDS and MISSED_ANY_EOC_SSIDS.

 

Watermarks

Districts that discover a substantive reporting error after the relevant appeals window has closed may request a watermark for their Report Card.

2024 Watermark Request Instructions

Last Modified: 2/23/2024 11:11:11 AM