Third Grade Reading Guarantee UpdateMarch 28th, 2014 Kevin DraperProgram Administrator: Center for Curriculum and Assessment

Target: Early Intervention/Support

for “at risk” K-3 students

Third Grade Reading Guarantee

Senate Bill 21

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

Reading CompetenciesJanuary 31, 2014

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

• 3rd Grade Teachers

• One Year of Teaching Experience

Teacher Qualifications

- Reading Endorsement

- Masters in Reading

- Rigorous Test (Praxis 5203)

Teacher Qualifications

- Most Effective Teacher Rating

- Value-Added

- Programs and Credentials (2016)

Retain Students That Do Not Meet the Required Cut Score

Third Grade Only

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

Data and Reporting

EMIS Data

Staffing Plan Reporting

K-3 Literacy Progress Measure

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

ODE Current Resources

RIMP Template

Teacher Resources

TGRG Guidance Manual

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

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Ohio Families and EducationOhio Teachers’ Homeroom

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Questions