Update to State Board: TestingJim Wright, DirectorOffice of Curriculum and Assessment ∙ September 2015

Testing Update

Districts will choose dates

from the testing window

Given during a single window

Shorter tests

Testing Window

Testing Window: April 4 – May 13

Districts will choose testing dates

Select either: • 15 consecutive days to give all online tests •10 consecutive days to give paper tests

Testing Window

English language arts tests April 4 - 22, paper tests April 4 - 29, online tests

Mathematics, science and social studies April 4 - May 6, paper testsApril 4 - May 13, online tests

Results

Results by June 30

Results for grade 3 English language arts by June 15

Third Grade English Language Arts Test

Administered from Nov. 30 to Dec. 11

Districts select five consecutive days during that window for the test.

Districts will receive the downloadable data files for the grade 3 ELA test at the end of January

Fall 2015 High School Block Scheduling

Districts select 15 consecutive days during the online test window of Nov. 30 to Jan. 8.

Or, if districts will administer paper tests, they select 10 consecutive days from Dec. 8 to Jan. 8.

What to Expect in the Future

How Will Performance Levels

Be Set Next Year? Preliminary performance levels will be set in December on Item Bank data

Confirmed with early sample from the spring test

Action from the board in January and May/June

Tests results returned on schedule

American Institutes for Research (AIR)

AIR selected to help Ohio

develop all tests, grades 3-8 and high school.

Advantages to Working with AIR

One set of test specifications

Works with many devices and browsers

Automatic updates after set-up

Ohio Tests Developed by

Ohioans

How Ohio is building new

math and ELA tests

Road Map Status

Road Map Stop 1: Completed

Road Map Stop 2: On Track

Road Map Stop 3: Completed

Road Map Stop 4: In progress this month

Testing Updates to Schools

PowerPoint for Parent Nights

Secure Online Browsers

Calculator Guidance

Coming Soon: Guidance on

Accommodations

Key Items Announced Already

Safe Harbor

Safe Harbor

No overall letter grades until the report card released in 2018

2015 Report Card: Grades to 10 measures under six components

Safe Harbor for Students

Prohibits districts and schools from using student scores on state tests given during the 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 school years as a factor in any decision to promote or retain a student

Does not apply to the third grade English language arts test

Safe Harbor and theThird Grade Reading Guarantee

Students still required to reach the promotion score on the state’s reading test or an alternative test if they are not exempt from retention.

Safe Harbor Does Not Apply to Graduation Requirements

Students graduating in the class of 2017 and earlier must pass OGT to graduate.

The graduating class of 2018 and after are taking end-of-course tests to earn graduation points.

More Safe Harbor Information

Search: Safe Harbor

Details on the Ohio Department

of Education website

Questions

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