Widespread support from Project SOAR districts, Ohio’s teachers’ unions, education associations, educators and business and community leaders led to the passage of Ohio House Bill 3 in August 2003.

Receiving overwhelming bipartisan support, this legislation adopted rules for the implementation of a value-added progress measure as an official metric in Ohio’s education accountability system. All Ohio school districts will receive 4th-8th grade reading and math value-added reports. Individual student reports will not be made public.

In preparation for the official rollout of the value-added progress measure in 2007-2008, Battelle for Kids and the Ohio Department of Education are leading a comprehensive training program to develop the skills of a cadre of educators who represent the 12 school improvement regions across Ohio. To complement this training program, Battelle for Kids developed a comprehensive toolkit of interactive and print support materials.

Eighty Regional Value-Added Specialists (RVAS) made a two-year commitment (starting in 2005-06) to learn more about value-added analysis’ uses and benefits and to train others to interpret and use value-added information.

To Learn More
Contact Mike Thomas, senior director of innovation at (614) 481-3141.

Ohio RVAS File Room
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