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Regional Academic Content Standards Meetings
ODE will hold five regional one-day meetings from March 22-26 to provide an update on the Common Core Initiative and Ohio’s ongoing work to revise its academic content standards in English language arts and mathematics. Districts are asked to send one representative (a curriculum director, department chair or other interested educator) to the nearest program.
The meetings, which will focus on implementation challenges and strategies, will be held from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the following sites:
- Monday, March 22, Cleveland/Northeast – Cuyahoga County Educational Service Center (ESC)
- Tuesday, March 23, Columbus/Central – ESC of Central Ohio
- Wednesday, March 24, Southeast Ohio – location to be announced;
- Thursday, March 25, Cincinnati/Southwest – Hamilton County Center for Regional Education Services
- Friday, March 26, Toledo/Northwest – Hilton Garden Inn, Perrysburg
Registration will begin Tuesday, March 9 in STARS through SAFE accounts. For more information about the Common Core Initiative, click here.
To learn about Ohio’s process to revise its academic content standards, click here.
The Academic Content Standards Revision Process
The revision of Ohio’s Academic Content Standards in English language arts, mathematics, science and social studies was officially kicked off on June 18 when Stan Heffner, Associate Superintendent of the Center of Curriculum and Assessment, and content specialists in the Office of Curriculum and Assessment meet with representatives of education organizations to discuss the revision process. Throughout the standards revision process, additional opportunities for stake holder input will be offered throughout the state.
Additional information and updates on the revision process, including a timline for Stateholder Involvement is posted on ODE's Web site at www.education.ohio.gov, keyword search: revision.
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
ODE Releases Videos Defining Quality Middle-Grade Education
Five new online video programs focus on the students, staff, programs and communities of high-performing middle-grade
schools. The videos highlight several of the 17 middle schools currently designated as Ohio Schools to Watch (OSTW).
OSTW is a collaborative effort among ODE, the Ohio Middle Level Association, Ohio Federation of Teachers and
Otterbein College.
The videos were made possible by a grant from the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation. A 10-minute overview video
includes a self-study rubric that middle-grade schools can use to assess both their areas of strength and areas for
improvement as they apply for the designation as an Ohio School to Watch. Four shorter videos each emphasize one of
the main criteria for OSTW designation.
To view the videos or to find out more about applying to become an Ohio School to Watch, go to the ODE Web stie at www.education.ohio.gov,
keyword search: OSTW.
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 Assessments 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/.