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25 Sep, 2022

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TPS Report Card – The Good and The Bad

Ella P. Stewart students starting the new school year

Sojourner’s Truth Staff

The Ohio Department of Education has released its school report cards for the 2021-2022 academic year and the reports are generally not good for virtually all small, medium and large Ohio cities’ public school districts.

Toledo Public School students also did not fare well in categories such as Achievement, Graduation (four year) and Early Literacy. In a grading system using five stars, TPS students earned two stars in Achievement (“Needs support to meet state standards in academic achievement”); one star in Graduation (“Needs significant support to meet state standards in graduation rates”) and one star in Early Literacy (“Needs significant support to meet state standards in early literacy”). More...

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