1. Update to State Board: Testing Jim Wright, Director Office of Curriculum and Assessment ∙ September 2015

2. Testing Update Districts will choose dates from the testing window Given during a single window Shorter tests

3. 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

4. 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 tests April 4 - May 13, online tests

5. Results Results by June 30 Results for grade 3 English language arts by June 15

6. 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

7. 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.

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

9. American Institutes for Research (AIR) AIR selected to help Ohio develop all tests, grades 3-8 and high school.

10. Advantages to Working with AIR One set of test specifications Works with many devices and browsers Automatic updates after set-up

11. Ohio Tests Developed by Ohioans

12. How Ohio is building new math and ELA tests

13. 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

14. Testing Updates to Schools

15. PowerPoint for Parent Nights Secure Online Browsers Calculator Guidance Coming Soon: Guidance on Accommodations Key Items Announced Already

16. Safe Harbor

17. No overall letter grades until the report card released in 2018 2015 Report Card: Grades to 10 measures under six components

18. 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

19. Safe Harbor and the Third 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.

20. 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.

21. More Safe Harbor Information Search: Safe Harbor Search: Safe Harbor Details on the Ohio Department of Education website

22. Questions

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