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Move AheadProfessional Development site for Districts and Buildings who want to begin using data. MoveAhead Move Ahead can help administrators take the next step in analyzing the data that is reported on the local report card, use the information to work toward improving student achievement, and to communicate the results effectively to parents and the community. |
ODE Stimulus Updates
The Ohio Department of Education has created a Web site called the "Stimulus Updates" to provide information about the disbursement of federal education stimulus funds provided in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The web site will provide information about how to apply for the competitive grants; federal and state guidelines for using the funds; allocations for school districts and community schools; and accountability requirements for school districts and community schools.
Link: http://education.ohio.gov/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?page=520
Videoconferences on Ohio Medicaid School Program
Superintendents, treasurers, special education directors, billing agents and special education service practitioners are among the administrators who will be interested in learning more about the Ohio Medicaid School Program (MSP) by attending one of four regional videoconferences being held May 27-June 18. Although the final administrative rules for MSP are pending, the Department and the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services are presenting these training sessions to assist districts with program implementation during the next school year.
The link is http://education.ohio.gov/GD/DocumentManagement/DocumentDownload.aspx?DocumentID=67422.
Value-Added Learning Network
ODE offers FREE access to the Value-Added Learning Network to all Ohio public school educators for the 2007-2009 school years. The Network’s online professional-development courses will help educators learn to use the diagnostic information available in the value-added reports they will receive this fall to inform their efforts to accelerate student progress. Educators can earn up to two hours of graduate credit for completing courses. To learn more, visit www.value-addedlearningnetwork.org.
Using Your Test Data
Diagnostic Test Support Web Site http://www.diagnostictestsupport.org/default.asp
ODE's Diagnostic Test Support Web site assists Ohio's Kindergarten - Grade 3 teachers navigate and use the Ohio Diagnostic Assessment
System. The site includes guidance on which assessment to administer, assistance with interpreting results and over
500 short instructional activities aligned to the indicators being assessed.
Ohio's Statewide Testing Web Site
On Ohio's statewide testing Web site users will find information for the Ohio Achievement Tests and the Ohio Graduation Tests (OGT). The site combines features from the Student Success Web site and OGT Tools for Teachers and Student Web sites.
Ohio's Statewide Testing Web site, http://portal.success-ode-state-oh-us.info/.