Oct. 13, 2016 The Oregon Department of Education released new ratings for every Oregon public school Thursday, giving fresh insights into how well those in every community are helping their students progress. The report cards are based almost entirely on students scores on the new Common Core tests plus, for high schools, graduation rates. The state mines the scores to see not just how many passed and how many fell short but how much progress individual students made from their test performance a year and two years earlier.