By Stephen Smoot
Statewide, the “Balanced Scorecard” measures used by the West Virginia State Department of Education show overall improvement between the 2023-2024 school year and that for 2024-2025.
According to the WVDE, “each public school and district receives a scorecard that measures progress across multiple indicators, including academic achievement, academic progress and student success indicators such as chronic absenteeism and post-secondary outcomes.
It goes on to state that “the Balanced Scorecard provides annual updates to families, communities and stakeholders on district and school performance.”
Count Harrison County among those demonstrating improvement from year to year.
The Balanced Scorecard rates all the schools in different age and grade categories together and also breaks down information on individual schools.
Also, it is color-coded and also offers a spectrum to show progress within a category. Red means does not meet standard, yellow partially meets standard, blue meets standard and green exceeds the expectations of the State. Furthermore, the more the color bar covers a field, the closer the system is to achieving the next tier.
