Start Ready, Leave Ready

1. Start Ready, Leave Ready Preparing Ohio’s Students for Post-Secondary Opportunities through Deeper LearningOctober 2012

2. 0 P – 16 ContinuumFrom Early Learning to Higher Education Key Priorities: • Ohio’s New Learning Standards • Curriculum & Instructional Support • Ohio’s Next Generation Assessments

3. Students Ready for Post-Secondary Opportunities • Master core academic content • Engage in critical thinking and problem solving • Work collaboratively in diverse settings • Communicate clearly and effectively • Learn how to Learn

4. NEW LEARNING STANDARDSBirth- Higher Education

5. Ohio’s New Learning Standards (NLS) … Describe the knowledge and skills that all students will need when they graduate, prepared for their choice of college or career. … Drive instruction that includes real-world application of content and skills. … Designed for all diverse learners, giving all students the access to college and career ready curriculum.

6. Ohio’s New Learning Standards • Early Learning and Development Standards • K-12 Common Core and State Revised Standards • Remediation Free Standards NLS

7. Early Learning and Development Standards • Birth to Pre K • Informed by national experts and research • Aligned to the New Learning Standards

8. Early Learning and Development Standards • Language and Literacy Development • General Knowledge and Cognitive Development (includes Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies) • Social and Emotional Development • Approaches Toward Learning • Physical Well-being and Motor Development

9. College Readiness/Remediation-Free Standards • Establish remediation free status • Reading, writing, mathematics and science • Aligned to the New Learning Standards • December 2012

10. Ohio’s NLS Common Instructional Shifts • Build a deep understanding of content and effectively apply learning within and across disciplines. • Generate responses based on evidence that demonstrate understanding, explain reasoning, and inform instruction. • Use technology appropriately, strategically and ethically in academic and real-world settings.

11. CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTIONSUPPORTS

12. Professional Learning Series: Keys to Instructional Success • Targets district-level instructional leaders • Aligns to Ohio’s New Learning standards • Aligns to Ohio’s Educator standards • Designed for educators of all diverse learners, subjects and grade levels

13. Professional Learning 2012-13

14. ELDS Next Steps

16. NEXT GENERATION ASSESSMENTS PARCC and State Developed

17. Kindergarten Readiness Assessment • Aligns to Early Learning and Development standards • Collaborating with the State of Maryland to develop assessments • Kindergarten Entry assessment • Pre-kindergarten and Kindergarten Formative Assessment • Professional development • Technology framework

18. PARCC-Developed Assessments • English language arts • Grades 3 – 8 • End of Year exams (3) • Mathematics • Grades 3 – 8 • End of Course (3) • Operational school year 2014-15 State-Developed Assessments Ohio’s Next Generation Assessments • Science • Grades 5, 8 • End of Course (2) • Social Studies • Grades 4, 6 • End of Course (2) • Operational school year 2014-15

19. Evidence-Centered Design (ECD) for the PARCC Assessments ECD is a deliberate and systematic approach to assessment development that will help to establish the validityof the assessments, increase the comparability of year-to year results, and increase efficiencies/reduce costs.

20. Policy Updates Third Grade Reading Guarantee

21. Third-Grade Guarantee Goal: Ensuring All Students Can Read

22. Early Reading Intervention • Students receive help and support in the specific area of reading that is difficult for them • New policy strengthens current law and includes more reading intervention

23. Senate Bill 316 • Provide early intervention and support inreading for at risk students at grades K-3 • Administer reading diagnostics to all K-3 students by Sept. 30 each year • Develop individualized Reading Improvement and Monitoring Plans forstudents deemed “not on-track” (not reading at grade level)

24. Senate Bill 316 • Provide interventions for K-3 students “not on track” and students retained under the Third Grade Guarantee • Report data results to the Department of Education • Retain 3rd grade students that do not meet the required cut score.

25. Third Grade Reading OAA • In the 2012-2013 school year, for students who score below 390 on the third-grade reading OAA, districts must either: • Promote the student if the principal and student’s reading teacher agree the student is prepared academically for Grade 4; • Promote the student, but continue to provide intensive intervention services in Grade 4; or • Retain the student in the third grade

26. Third Grade Reading OAA • In the 2013-2014 school year, all students scoring below 392 on the third-grade reading OAA must be retained, except for the following students: • Limited English proficient students; • Special education students whose IEPs exempt them; • Students who demonstrate reading competency on an alternative reading assessment approved by ODE; and • Any student who has received intensive remediation for two years and was previously retained in grades K-3.

27. Diagnostics: 2012-2013 School Year

28. Diagnostics: Beginning in 2013-2014

29. Outreach and Communication Outreach Communication Webpage: http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?page=3&TopicRelationID=5&ContentID=129423 E-mail: thirdgradeguarantee@education.ohio.gov Communication blasts: EdConnection IDES Tools for Teachers Webinar/Webcast Conference presentations • Guidance documents • State-Developed Diagnostic Assessments 2012-13 • District diagnostic survey • Website resources for: • Districts • Educators • Parents • Third Grade Reading Guarantee Advisory Workgroup

30. ODE Website Updates

33. THIRD GRADE GUARANTEE UPDATES • Guidance Document updated • Update on Teacher Credential • FAQ added • TGRG Application Release- October 26

34. Questions?