3rd grade guarantee, ode
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Third Grade Reading Guarantee Update
March 28th, 2014 Kevin DraperProgram Administrator: Center for Curriculum and Assessment
New and Modified Language in SB
21 Legislation
Reading Competencies
Teacher Qualifications
Staffing Plans
Requirements
September 30th diagnostics
Reading Improvement and Monitoring
Plans
Teacher Qualifications - 3rd grade Teachers
Programs and July 1, 2014
Credentials List
Reading Endorsement July 1, 2016
P-3 and 4-9 License July 1, 2017
Reading Competencies
Teacher Qualifications
- Most Effective
Teacher Rating
- Value-Added
- Programs and
Credentials (2016)
Promotion/Retention• Students can be promoted through:
• Fall and spring OAA
• OAA Alternative
• Summer OAA (Summer Promotion Policy)
• Mid-Year Promotion Policy
• Retention is based on a student’s inability to either meet
the 392 OAA cut score or meet the requirement of the
other outlined promotion opportunities
• Students will be reported as being either a 3rd grade of 4th
grade student based on their reading proficiency
Promotion/Retention (cont’d)• OAA Alternatives are now available
• Summer OAA
July 7th – 11th Testing Window
August 15th – Scores reports provided to districts
* Can also use OAA Alternative throughout summer
• Mid-Year Promotion
Follow district policy
OAA Alternatives• TerraNova
• IOWA
• NWEA – Map
Two administrations during the year and one during the
summer
• Updated FAQ now available on ODE website
• Linking studies are being completed for TerraNova and
IOWA
Exemptions• Students with significant cognitive disabilities (Alternate
Assessment)
• ELLs with less than three years of ESL instruction and less
than three years in US schools
• Some students with an IEP (see guidance)
• Previously retained with two years of intensive remediation
Looking Forward• OAA Alternative list now available
• Districts need to have their ‘Mid-Year Promotion Policy’
reviewed and approved by their local district school board
and in place for potential students
• Summer Reading OAA (July 7th-11th)
• Additional guidance concerning exemptions and
acceleration policies regarding the TGRG will be
forthcoming
Fall 2014• September 30th Diagnostics
• Fall Reading OAA
Spring 2015
• Spring Reading OAA
• Next Generation Assessments (Opt-Out)
• Fall and spring OAA will be used for the purposes of promotion and accountability• Districts may select to provide spring OAA to all students or only those not meeting
the proficient score• NGA’s will be provided to students based on district discretion and use of the ‘opt-
out’ provision. Districts can select to provide the assessment to all students, some students, or no students.
DRAFT
Research
Ann Casey Foundation
“Why Reading by the End of 3rd Grade Matters”
- Intervention as early as possible makes a difference
Manhattan Institute Study
“The Benefits of Florida’s Test-Based Promotion System”
- Retained students performed better in later grades
than those socially promoted
Social Media
@OHEducation
ohio-department-of-education
Ohio Families and Education
Ohio Teachers’ Homeroom
OhioEdDept
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