Redefining Student Success Our Way

The over reliance on state-mandated student testing to grade the quality of our public schools is a major concern of educational leaders throughout our country.  One of those leaders is Jim Lloyd.  Superintendent of the Olmsted Falls City Schools, a suburban district west of Cleveland, Jim recently posted a blog in which he discusses with the citizens of his community how state testing in Ohio is impacting the students in his school district.  In his blog, entitled “Redefining Student Success Our Way,” he explains that “our Moonshot Thinking is to work with our colleagues and community to try and figure out how we can be inspiring and empowering to students, foster innovation and creativity within the instructional environment and provide the comprehensive, whole-child, Triple A experience that has been our district’s legacy.”