Ohio auditor to release attendance data findings

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Audi­tor Dave Yost is prepar­ing to release find­ings of his statewide probe of school atten­dance tampering.

The Repub­li­can offi­cial has sched­uled a news con­fer­ence Mon­day to dis­cuss the records review of a sta­tis­ti­cally selected sam­pling of school dis­tricts and buildings.

Yost launched the review in response to unusual prac­tices dis­cov­ered in dis­tricts in Colum­bus, Toledo and sub­ur­ban Cincin­nati. He set out to deter­mine whether Ohio schools have been remov­ing poor-performing stu­dents from their rolls in attempts to improve per­for­mance rat­ings that can impact fed­eral fund­ing and employee bonuses.

Yost ear­lier sep­a­rated the Colum­bus dis­trict from the statewide probe when fed­eral author­i­ties became involved and crim­i­nal refer­rals appeared likely.

Release of Ohio’s per­for­mance assess­ments was tem­porar­ily delayed last year amid con­cern that faulty atten­dance data may have com­pro­mised the rankings.

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