The Valley View School District has exceeded State standards in almost every measure in the annual State Report Card. Overall, the school has earned 4 stars.

Individually, the Elementary School has 4 stars, the Middle School has 2.5 stars and the High School has 4.5 stars. The State considers 3 stars as meeting expectations.

During the October Valley View Board of Education meeting, Nichole Thomas, director of Curriculum & Instruction, shared an overview of the District’s results and the efforts planned to continue to improve the rankings.

“Well, the short version of tonight's report card is that Valley View is still performing above state standards,” Thomas said. “Our students are showing growth and we have a targeted action plan underway to raise that bar even higher.”

“An overall four-star rating tells our community that our students are performing above the state standard. We're meeting expectations, and we're very proud of that.”

Thomas noted that Valley View ranked 6th in Montgomery County. A review of the Ohio Department of Education website shows Oakwood had 5 stars, Centerville, Kettering and Brookville had 4.5 stars, and Northmont also had 4.

The City of Dayton had 2 stars, well below the state standard. Other schools in our area include New Lebanon, 3 stars; Jefferson Township, 3 stars; Carlisle (Warren County), 3.5 stars; Bellbrook (Greene County), 5 stars; and Monroe (Butler County), 4 stars.

The State Report Card rates schools on Achievement, Progress, Gap Closing, Graduation rates, Early Literacy and College/Workforce Readiness.

The Achievement Component is a measure of how well students performed on state tests. Valley View performed well here, earning 4 stars.

“Early literacy is an area in which we will be laser focused on this year and in the years ahead,” Thomas said. “Last year we did see a dip in the percent of students were who were proficient on the third state test and students who moved from offtrack to ontrack on our fall diagnostic assessment.”

The Progress Component is a measure of the growth students are making based on their past performance. Valley View again earned 4 stars. Data on the Ohio Department of Education website shows students fell short of student growth expectations in math and exceeded expectations in science, specifically high school biology.

Valley View also earned 4 stars in Gap Closing, which shows how well schools and districts are meeting the performance expectations for students in English language arts, math, and graduation. It also measures how well schools and districts are reducing chronic absenteeism, supporting English learners to increase language proficiency, identifying gifted students, and providing gifted services to those gifted students.

“We are far exceeding graduation requirements,” Thomas said, “and we also had a five-star rating on our separate graduation component because we're exceeding those expectations.”

The District’s lowest score was on Early Literacy, where Valley View earned 2 stars. The Early Literacy Component examines the effectiveness of the reading and literacy supports provided to children in kindergarten through third grade.

Thomas said that early literacy would be a big priority for the District. “The District is conducting learning walks with an Ohio literacy team and our vendor company. They're going to come in and do some literacy learning walks with our administrators, get into every classroom and give us some pointers on what we can do to improve instruction and how our administrators can support our teachers who will ultimately support our students.”

Valley View Middle School earned 2.5 stars, and the District shared this plan during its Board presentation to address both English language arts and math with students.

Valley View also earned 4 stars for college/workforce readiness. The College, Career, Workforce, and Military Readiness Component is a measure of how prepared Ohio's students are for future opportunities. School programs like the 6th grade Amazing Shake event are designed to support this metric. See: 6th Graders Learn the Power of a Handshake.

Visit the Ohio Department of Education website to see the full detailed report card.

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