3301-28-05. Graduation rates

(A) Beginning with the local report card released for the 2012-2013 school year, the local report card shall include graded performance measures for the four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate and five-year adjusted cohort graduation rate. This measure shall use the adjusted cohort graduation rate defined in section 3302.01 of the Revised Code.

(B) The grade for the four-year adjusted graduation rate shall be based on the percentage of students who earn a diploma within four years of entering the ninth grade for the first time. The grade for the five-year adjusted graduation rate shall be based on the percentage of students who graduate within five years of entering ninth grade for the first time.

(C) The department shall assign a letter grade for the four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate performance measure using the following performance benchmarks:

(1) "A" for scores greater than or equal to ninety-three per cent;

(2) "B" for scores greater than or equal to eighty-nine per cent but less than ninety-three per cent;

(3) "C" for scores greater than or equal to eighty-four per cent but less than eighty-nine per cent;

(4) "D" for scores greater than or equal to seventy-nine per cent but less than eighty-four per cent; and

(5) "F" for scores less than seventy-nine per cent.

(D) The department shall assign a letter grade for the five-year adjusted cohort graduation rate performance measure using the following performance benchmarks:

(1) "A" for scores greater than or equal to ninety-five per cent;

(2) "B" for scores greater than or equal to ninety per cent but less than ninety-five per cent;

(3) "C" for scores greater than or equal to eighty-five per cent but less than ninety per cent;

(4) "D" for scores greater than or equal to eighty per cent but less than eighty-five per cent;

(5) "F" for scores less than eighty per cent.

Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 1/9/2020 and 01/09/2025
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3301.07, 3302.03
Rule Amplifies: 3302.03
Prior Effective Dates: 08/05/2013

Prior History: (Effective: 08/05/2013
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 08/05/2018
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3301.07, 3302.03
Rule Amplifies: 3302.03)