Transcript Parent Informational Presentation on the Third Grade

Parent Informational Presentation
on the
Third Grade Reading Guarantee
Jan. 20, 2014
Jefferson Elementary School
7:00 PM
Presenters Tim Hamman, Principal
Donna Turk, Grade 3 Teacher
Chris O’Neill, Special Ed. Teacher
Patty Molnar, Grade 3 Teacher
Jeanna Clark, Grade 3 Teacher
What is the Purpose of the
Meeting?
• To introduce the Third Grade Reading Guarantee
and go over the elements of the guarantee
• To solicit parent – home – school support for the
students
• To share what TJ is doing to support this guarantee
and provide reading intervention for our students
• Answer community questions & address concerns
Contents of Parent Folder
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Your child’s OAA Fall score
Your child’s MAP Fall & Winter scores
State Reading Guarantee “Road map”
Other goodies to help :)
Assessment
Title
Student
Score
Benchmark
Score
Cut-Off for
Promotion
to 4th Gr.
MAP FALL 2014
190
184
FALL OAA
400
394
MAP WINTER 2015
195
184
****Please note: If your child doesn’t pass or reach the cutoff score
for the OAA test in spring, they will have another opportunity in the
summer to take it. Also, MAP will be taken again in the spring
allowing your child another opportunity to reach our cut score.
**Your child only needs to meet one of these criteria: MAP of 184 or
OAA of 394 to be promoted to 4th grade.
3rd Grade Guarantee Goal:
Ensuring that All Students Can Read
What is the “Third Grade
Reading Guarantee?”
ORC 3313.608 (B)(1) “requires all public
school districts and community schools to
administer a reading diagnostic
assessment to all students in grades K-3
by September 30 each year, starting in the
2012-2013 school year.”
Who does this affect?
• All students grades K-3 will be affected.
• Students are tested by Sept 30th each year and
tracked throughout the year.
• Targeted students who are not “on track” in the area
of reading will be identified and parent notification is
required.
• School District Boards of Education must adopt board
policies and procedures for assessing the reading
skills of each student in grades K-3 by September
30th each year.
What will take place?
• For students who are identified as “not on
track”, the following will take place:
1. Begin reading intervention immediately using
research-based reading strategies for
specific areas of weakness
2. Develop a reading improvement and
monitoring plan
3. Parents will be notified.
Who is not “on track”?
Fall Reading OAA below 400
Need MAP
score of 184 or
higher in
Reading
OR
Need Reading
OAA of 394 or
higher
Intensive Reading Intervention
• Interventions must include “intensive, explicit, and
systematic instruction”.
• Interventions may include small group instruction,
reduced teacher/student ratios, more frequent
progress monitoring, tutoring/mentoring, after
school reading camps.
• Currently, small OAA test packets are coming
home each Tuesday (due Thursday) for practice.
Third Grade Reading
Guarantee
A student must reach 394 on either the Fall
or Spring Administration on the 3rd Grade
Reading OAA. Just to reiterate, your child
will have another opportunity in the summer
if she/he does not reach the 394 cut off in
the spring.
Retention
For the 2014-2015 school year, all students scoring below
the designated level of 394 on the 3rd grade reading OAA
MUST be retained, except for the following:
1. Limited English Proficient Students who have been enrolled in U.S. schools
for less than two full school years AND have had less than two years of
instruction in an ESL program.
2. Special Education Students IF their IEP exempts them from retention under
the third grade guarantee.
3. Students who demonstrate reading competency on an alternative reading
assessment approved by ODE.
4. Any student who has received intensive remediation for 2 years AND was
previously retained in K-3. This student must continue to receive intensive
reading instruction in 4th grade.
What Can I Do To HELP My Child?
1.Regular School Attendance
2.READ READ READ!
3.TJ Compass Learning
4.ODE Success Practice Site
OAA Test
April 28, 2015
“The more you
read, the more
things you will
know. The more
that you learn,
the more places
you'll go.”
- Dr. Seuss
Thank You for coming!
QUESTIONS?