Ohio’s career-technical programs showed better results in helping students graduate and find good jobs, according to a new state report card. Tri-Rivers Career Center received two A’s, one B and one C, scores which reflect a high graduation rate and placement into post-secondary education options.
Ohio’s Career Technical Report Card – the only report card to grade career programs using an A-F scale, shows increases in the number of A’s across all measures.
“Our hard work to make career-technical education a valuable pathway to skilled jobs is paying off. Career-technical education in Ohio is strong and getting stronger,” said State Superintendent of Public Instruction Richard A. Ross. “This report card is great news for Ohio’s students, families and economy.”
Now in its third year, the report card grades schools on four measures for students from the graduating class of 2013 in each of Ohio’s 91 career-technical districts: four-year graduation rate, five-year graduation rate, technical skill competency and post-program placement.
The graduation rates measure the proportion of career-tech students who graduated within four and five years of beginning ninth grade. Students must be concentrating in career-technical studies by the end of their fourth year of high school to be included in these graduation rates. Technical skill attainment measures how many students passed the relevant Ohio Career Technical Competency assessments or industry assessments for their career-technical programs. Post-program placement data reflects how many students were gainfully employed in apprenticeships, enrolled in postsecondary education or advanced training, or entered the military during the first three to six months after leaving school.
Tri-Rivers Career Center scored A’s for Four Year Graduation Rate and Five Year Graduation Rate, a B for College/Career Placement and a C for Technical Skill Attainment.
Those A’s are a result of 95 percent of students graduating high school in four years. The school also sends just over 88 percent of their students to post-secondary programs, including college and the military.
You can click here to view the complete report card for Tri-Rivers.
To download a spreadsheet of statewide career-technical report card data, click here.
The report card also contains report-only information about the number of students earning industry credentials, graduating with honors diplomas or earning college credit through dual enrollment or Advanced Placement classes. To view a full report card for each provider, go here.
Data for students in the graduating class of 2014 will be released this winter.
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