COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The state is dropping a requirement that all of a charter school sponsor’s schools be evaluated for how well they follow current educational rules and laws.
Instead, the Ohio Department of Education will stick with an existing evaluation method that allows for sampling 10 percent of a sponsor’s schools.
At issue are the department’s attempts to meet an Oct. 15 deadline to publish ratings of charter school sponsors.
Thursday’s announcement follows last month’s move by Republican lawmakers to delay the evaluation process, which has been opposed by some portions of the charter-school community.
State schools superintendent Paulo DeMaria says the sampling method meets the legislative goal of holding sponsors accountable.
The state still will publish raw compliance data for all schools, in addition to formal published ratings.
