4.1a(2)
Within the state K–12 education community, BCS has a large pool of comparative data for many areas, but in many other areas, the district has difficulty identifying appropriate comparisons. In 1998, BCS participated with 611 other school districts to help create the Ohio Academic Excellence Con-sortium (OAE) to pool academic and other performance data.
The OAE is a voluntary program coordinated by the ODE with over 50% of the state school districts participating. The
OAE gathers data and facilitates contact between educators to identify best practices based on local results. The best-practice levels are often used as comparative data to drive performance improvement and innovation at BCS.