COLUMBIANA — Crestview administrators have taken state testing scores, compared them to the state average, and developed goals for students to continue to succeed academically.

Middle School Principal Timothy Pancake gave a detailed report to the board of education in January that reflected student success on tests over a period of five years.

According to the data he provided, compared to the state average, a majority of students performed better than the state in math, English, science, and overall testing in grades 5-8.

Pancake said that specifically, the data showed an upward trend with an increase each year when analyzing scores on all math tests and that Crestview outperformed the state in both English and science by an average of 10 percentage points or more.

Overall, just over 93 percent of the tests taken at Crestview Middle School were above the state average, Pancake said.

His recommendations going forward for staff were to implement board approved curriculum, use data to drive instruction, and make sure summative assessments match the format of the Ohio State Tests.

“Be on time, an active participant, and part of the solution,” he said.

He added that monthly attendance incentives were important since chronic absenteeism was a zero out of five on the state report card.

“It is essential to recognize that, given the district’s size, as few as two additional students passing the test can have a significant impact on passage percentages,” he said.

Other suggestions included working with county consultants to take a deeper dive into building level data and developing a math cohort.

Pancake’s state data was taken from the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce’s secure data center and Cambium’s Assessment website.