Report Card FAQs

Ohio School Report Cards, Career-Technical Planning District Report Cards and Dropout Prevention and Recovery Report Cards provide information on several measures and components that include academic performance, attendance and enrollment, and many other pieces of demographic and staffing information. 

For detailed information on each report card, component and calculation please visit the Report Card Resources. 

College, Career, Workforce, and Military Readiness (CCWMR) Component FAQ

Exiting Student Follow-up Data Collection (CCWMR Read-Only)

College, Career, Workforce, and Military Readiness (CCWMR) Component FAQ

Will the College, Career, Workforce, and Military Readiness Component be rated on the 2024-2025 Report Card?
Yes, the rules were approved by JCARR and the component will be rated and be included in the calculation for Overall Ratings on the Traditional School and District Report Cards for schools and districts effective 7/1/2025.

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What percentage will the College, Career, Workforce, and Military Readiness component contribute to the Overall Rating?

Ohio Revised Code indicates the following:

  • Equal weight Achievement and Progress
  • Equal weight Early Literacy, Gap Closing, Graduation, and CCWMR
    • One-half the weight of Achievement
The weight distribution will be as follows effective 7/1/2025:
Component Weighting Percent of Achievement Percent of Progress Percent of All Other Components
Achievement AND Progress AND 4 Other Components 25 25 12.5
Achievement AND Progress AND 3 Other Components 28.601 28.601 14.266
Achievement AND Progress AND 2 Other Components 33.3333 33.3333 16.6667
Achievement and 4 Other Components 33.3333 N/A 16.6667
Progress and 4 Other Components N/A 33.3333 16.6667
Achievement and 3 Other Components 40 N/A 20
Progress and 3 Other Components N/A 40 20
Achievement AND Progress AND 1 Other Component 40 40 20
Achievement and 2 Other Components 50 N/A 25
Progress and 2 Other Components N/A 50 25
Achievement AND Progress AND no Other Components 50 50 N/A
Achievement AND No Other Components 100 N/A N/A
Progress AND No Other Components N/A 100 N/A
Achievement and 1 Other Component 66.6667 N/A 33.3333
Progress and 1 Other Component N/A 66.6667 33.3333
No Achievement or Progress, 4 Other Components N/A N/A 25
No Achievement or Progress, 3 Other Components N/A N/A 33.3333
No Achievement or Progress, 2 Other Components N/A N/A 50
No Achievement or Progress, 1 Other Component N/A N/A 100
No Graded Components N/A N/A N/A

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What is the School and District Rating Scale?
The scale is the same for both schools and districts, see below:

Scale

Rating

85% - 100%

5 Stars

75% - less than 85%

4 Stars

63% - less than 75%

3 Stars

53% - less than 63%

2 Stars

0%- less than 53%

1 Star

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Can you provide further guidance on what would count as a 3-star improvement?
The rules specified that a school or district shall not receive lower than a performance rating of three stars for the component if the district's or building's performance on the component meets or exceeds a level of improvement set by the department.

The department set the following:

Level of Improvement

•Only applicable to districts/buildings who have an initial rating of under 3 stars
•Level of improvement set at 15 percentage points

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Who are the students included in this measure for the 2024-2025 Report Card?
This measure is lagged one year and based on the same students that are in the 4-Year Graduation Rate, the 2024 Adjusted Graduation Cohort. 

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How are Early Graduates and "Super Seniors" counted?
Every student that is part of the 2024 Adjusted Graduation Cohort are included in the CCWMR Measure.
  • For Grade 13 and 23 students they must demonstrate post-secondary readiness by their 4th year in high school. Anything earned after high school is not included in the calculation.
  • For Early graduates, they will count with their Graduation Cohort (i.e., •if a student began 9th grade in the fall of 2020 and graduated in the spring of 2023, they would count in the 2024 Graduation Cohort)
    • Early graduates have until their anticipated graduation date to show post-secondary readiness.

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Where can I find what EMIS Elements that are utilized in the CCWMR Component?

For detailed EMIS reporting and a description of the inclusion criteria, refer to Appendix A of CCWMR Component Technical Documentation.

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Does all of the Career Center information that is being reported to DEW by the Career Center that factors into this measure such as WBL hour program codes, Industry credentials, WBL type program codes, etc. have to also be reported by the Associate district as well as the Career center for it to count in the CCWMR measures?
For Report Card Calculations no, the data follows the SSID. Please note this may not be the same for other areas outside of the Tradtional Report Cards. 

****For graduation purposes [Career Experience and Technical Skill Alternative pathway], the associate district must report the data.****

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Is the data from the Exiting Student Follow-up collection used for the CCWMR Component?
The Industry Recognized Credentials that are reported in the Initial Exiting Student Follow-up collection are part of the rated portion of CCWMR.

The Post-High School Pathways which is a read only portion of CCWMR is utilizing the data from the Exiting Student Follow-Up Collection. And provide additional information on the various paths students take after leaving high school. These data are based on students who left secondary education in 2024.

EMIS Manual Section 2.23: Exiting Student Follow-Up (FW) Record includes general guidelines for reporting this record, a table that indicates which elements are required reporting for each group of students, and reporting guidance for the included elements.

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What protocols should we implement to ensure that all eligible students are accurately counted in the numerator for this measure?
Validate Data in EMIS Reports

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In DASL, how do we have to enter info in order for it to show up on the report card?
The Department is unable to answer SIS-specific questions and you would need to reach out to your ITC or your SIS help desk. 

How to Get Help with EMIS Reporting

There is a hierarchy of support for districts and schools for their EMIS reporting questions and problems. EMIS coordinators and the EMIS Manual should always be consulted first. When additional information or help is needed, the appropriate ITC should be contacted. When the appropriate ITC cannot answer the question or resolve the issue, that ITC will send a ticket to the ODE EMIS helpdesk. Questions in the ODE EMIS helpdesk are handled by the EMIS staff at the Department.

  1. EMIS Coordinator. Your first point of contact for assistance with EMIS is your district’s EMIS Coordinator. If he or she is unable to resolve your issue (or if you are your district’s EMIS Coordinator), then he or she will likely contact your district’s Information Technology Center (ITC).
  2. Information Technology Center (ITC). The staff at the ITCs are able to answer many of the EMIS questions received by districts. They are also able to resolve many of the technical issues encountered. When the ITC staff is unable to answer a question or resolve an issue, they can post a ticket to the ODE EMIS helpdesk.
  3. ODE EMIS Helpdesk. This third level of support allows ITCs to direct EMIS reporting questions or technical issues to ODE EMIS and the SSDT. Questions received via the helpdesk are answered by staff at the SSDT or by the Department's data managers.
  4. ODE EMIS. If the previous steps have not adequately resolved a question or if the previous steps are not appropriate for a particular question, the Department's EMIS staff can be contacted directly.

Districts that want to be able to refer back to a particular answer from ODE EMIS should get that answer in writing via the helpdesk or an email. Note that questions received via phone or email are referred back to an earlier step in the contact hierarchy when appropriate. ODE EMIS can be contacted directly at EMIS@education.Ohio.gov and 614-387-0395.

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Exiting Student Follow-up Data Collection (CCWMR Read-Only)

What is the Exiting Student Follow-up Data Collection?

In an effort to better understand the post-high school paths of students, the general assembly and the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce are developing a new exiting student follow-up collection to meet requirements in state and federal law. Information collected on students within the Exiting Student Follow-up collection encompasses three program areas: Accountability, Career and Technical Education and Exceptional Children.

For the Accountability program area the consequences for non-reporting or reporting students as “unknown” on the exiting student follow-up collection are limited to the public display of low post-graduation status rates. In the future the Department or the general public may leverage these data points for a variety of purposes including the development of educational policy or practices. The availability of high quality and complete datasets for planning and research enhances the likelihood that these data-driven decisions will have an impact on students’ post-high school experiences and success.

Historically, districts and schools have reported follow-up information on exiting career-technical education students and students with disabilities to the Department. The new data collection will build one seamless approach for reporting the post-high school outcomes for all students. More information is available on the Exiting Student Collection webpage. 

EMIS Manual Section 2.23: Exiting Student Follow-Up (FW) Record includes general guidelines for reporting this record, a table that indicates which elements are required reporting for each group of students, and reporting guidance for the included elements.

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Where will these data be reported? What are the measures for the 'GRAD' collection?
These data will be published on the Ohio School Report Cards for schools and districts starting with the 2022-2023 school year report card that will be released in September 2023.
 
The measures are focused on students who graduated in the prior school year (2021-2022 school year for the 2023 report card) and went on to enroll in post-secondary institutions, registered in apprenticeship programs, attained employment or enlisted in a branch of the armed forces. The categories are not mutually exclusive – meaning a student can count in more than one category.
  • Percent of graduates enrolled in a post-secondary institution
    • Percent enrolled specifically in a four-year institution
    • Percent enrolled specifically in a two-year institution
    • Percent enrolled specifically in an Ohio Technical Center or equivalent
    • Percent enrolled in ‘Other’ institutions
  • Percent of graduates enrolled in a registered apprenticeship program or equivalent
  • Percent of graduates who have attained gainful employment
  • Percent of graduates enlisted in a branch of the armed forces
  • Percent of graduates who did not provide follow-up information, ‘unknown’

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What students will be included in the reported measures on the Ohio School Report Cards?
The reported measures are specific to all graduates from the prior school year. They are not based on a graduation cohort.  
 

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Will there be opportunities to review the data and see how students count in the measures?
The Department will provide reports back to districts throughout the Exiting Student Follow-up collection that contain student-level information related to what data has been reported for each student. As the Department finalizes business rules for each report card metric, additional reports will be produced to aid districts in understanding how each student counts within each measure.
 

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How many attempts at collecting the information are expected?
The Department does not have a requirement on the number of attempts to collect this information. The number of attempts is at the discretion of the district and/or school as they develop collection plans and strategies. The Office of Graduate Success at the Department has supports and suggestions available on the Exiting Student Collection webpage.

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Does the Department of Education and Workforce provide guidance documents to support districts in following up with students?
Resources for the Exiting Student Follow-up Collection are being developed by the Department. Reporting requirements and supports will be centrally located here. Make sure to check this page often for the most up to date exiting student collection information and resources.
 

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Is a district required to use the Department’s provided resources?
No, the resources developed are a tool districts can use in following up on their students. Districts are encouraged to use any resources that meet their needs.
 

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Are these data used for any other reasons?
Information collected on students within the Exiting Student Follow-up collection encompasses three program areas: Accountability, Career and Technical Education and Exceptional Children. These data are used to meet a variety of state- and federal-reporting requirements. For more information the Exiting Student Follow-up Collection and data usage please visit the Exiting Student Collection webpage.
 

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Last Modified: 4/28/2025 2:24:46 PM