| Section 1. It is the General Assembly's intent that by | 5 |
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December 31, 2012, sections of the Revised Code be amended, | 6 |
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enacted, or repealed to revise the current academic performance | 7 |
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rating system for school districts, individual buildings of | 8 |
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districts, community schools, and STEM schools and to implement a | 9 |
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rating system using letter grades, thereby improving the quality | 10 |
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of education outcomes for all students and to provide a clearer | 11 |
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indication of how schools and districts are performing. The system | 12 |
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shall be designed to show how schools and districts are closing | 13 |
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achievement gaps, providing all students with academic growth, | 14 |
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encouraging high graduation rates, improving dropout recovery and | 15 |
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prevention, and providing student achievement benchmarks for | 16 |
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annual measureable objectives applicable to student subgroups as | 17 |
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defined in division (C)(3) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code, | 18 |
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and shall include measures of college and career-readiness. | 19 |