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
ohio-department-of-education
Ohio Families and EducationOhio Teachers’ Homeroom
OhioEdDept
storify.com/ohioEdDept
Questions