THIRD GRADE READING GUARANTEE September 2018

Jerry Moore jmoore@catholiccincinnati.org

Third grade reading guarantee What you need to know about – Reading Diagnostics/Screeners with On Track/Not on Track Status Cut Scores and Reporting Reading Assessments with Promotion Scores Cut Scores, Setting Up for State Testing, and Reporting TGRG Basics Dates Reading Intervention Monitoring Plans Notification to Parents about TGRG Rules and Student Status Some State Scholarship Students are Exempt

diagnostics

diagnostics Required for K-3 state scholarship students Consider the assessment for all students especially when you have a lot of state scholarship students

diagnostics Consider the TGRG diagnostic plan connection to Title I Title I requires an NCE or percentile rank on a nationally normed test for eligibility consideration

Approved Diagnostics & CUT SCORES for ON TRACK - 2018-19 MAP for Grades K-2 Kindergarten: 132 RIT Score or above 1st Grade: 151 RIT Score or above 2nd Grade: 170 RIT Score or above MAP for Grades 2-5 3rd Grade: 181 RIT Score or above MAP also provides percentile ranks

Approved Diagnostics & CUT SCORES for ON TRACK - 2018-19 STAR EARLY LITERACY Kindergarten: 40th percentile rank or above 1st Grade: 40th percentile rank or above 2nd Grade: 60th percentile rank or above 3rd Grade: 70th percentile rank or above STAR READING 1ST Grade: 25th percentile rank or above 2nd Grade: 25th percentile rank or above 3rd Grade: 25th percentile rank or above STAR Reading also provides NCEs

Approved Diagnostics & CUT SCORES for ON TRACK - 2018-19 IOWA F Reading Kindergarten: 122 scaled score or above 1st Grade: 133 scaled score or above 2nd Grade: 148 scaled score or above 3rd Grade: 163 scaled score or above IOWA also provides NCEs

Approved Diagnostics & CUT SCORES for 2018-19 DIBELSNext (DIBELS Data System) The Benchmark goals represent a level of performance for all students to reach in order to be considered on track for becoming a successful reader. Kindergarten: 26 composite score 1st Grade: 131 composite score 2nd Grade: 141composite score 3rd Grade: 220 composite score

Approved Diagnostics & CUT SCORES for ON TRACK - 2018-19 DIBELSNext (all vendors) Kindergarten: 13 composite score 1st Grade: 97 composite score 2nd Grade: 109composite score 3rd Grade: 180 composite score DIBELSNext also provides percentile ranks

Approved Diagnostics & CUT SCORES for ON TRACK - 2018-19 AIMSweb Plus 16th percentile or above

Approved Diagnostics & CUT SCORES for 2018-19 iReady Kindergarten: 332 scaled score or above 1st Grade: 378 scaled score or above 2nd Grade: 440 scaled score or above 3rd Grade: 493 scaled score or above iReady also provides percentile ranks

Approved Diagnostics & CUT SCORES Link to ODE for all approved diagnostics Link to ODE for diagnostic cut scores

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How to Report TGRG data to state

How to Report Diagnostic Status Log into Safe Account Select record for K-3 student Select Assessment tab Bullet status – upper right Deadline for Administering Diagnostics 1-3 Deadline is September 30 K Deadline is November 1 Deadline for Reporting Diagnostics ASAP – by end of November

How to Report Grade 3 Promotion Score Log into Safe Account Select record for grade 3 student Select Assessment tab Bullet status – upper right

How to Report state test performance AIR reports scores to Scholarship Office The school does not have to report these scores unless there is a error in the score file. The Scholarship Office will flag students with issues.

DEMONSTRATION Link to Safe Account

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state testing

STATE GRADE 3 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS ASSESSMENT Promotion Score - FAQ Promotion is based on the Grade 3 ELA scaled score The reading subscore can also be used State grade 3 ELA promotion score is a scaled score of 677 State alternative promotion score is the reading subscore of 45

Promotion scores Students have 9 different scores to be reviewed Grade 3 state ELA test scaled score - Fall, Spring, Summer Grade 3 state ELA test reading subscore - Fall, Spring, Summer Grade 3 alternative assessment - Fall, Spring, Summer

ALTERNATIVE Reading assessments & Promotion scores Promotion Score – Vendor Alternative Assessments

ALL TGRG PROMOTION SCORES STATE ELA ASSESSMENT – SCALED SCORE - 677 STATE ELA ASSESSMENT – READING SUBSCORE – 45 IOWA F READING – SCALED SCORE – 174 STAR GRADE 3 PROFICIENCY TEST – 941 NWEA MAP GRADE 3 READING SCALED SCORE – 193 IREADY – READING SCALED SCORE - 500

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TGRG Basics

TGRG Manual - NEW Link – Manual Read last section first. Not all requirements for public schools apply to chartered non-public schools. Reading Diagnostics/Screeners with On Track/Not on Track Status Reading Assessments with Promotion Scores TGRG Basics Dates Reading Intervention Monitoring Plans Notification to Parents about TGRG Rules and Student Status Reporting TGRG Information through Scholarship Websystem Exempt Students

TGRG Manual - NEW Link – Manual Read last section first. Not all requirements for public schools apply to chartered non-public schools. Reading Diagnostics/Screeners with On Track/Not on Track Status Reading Assessments with Promotion Scores TGRG Basics Dates Reading Intervention Monitoring Plans Notification to Parents about TGRG Rules and Student Status Reporting TGRG Information through Scholarship Websystem Exempt Students

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TGRG Dates

TGRG Dates FOR 2018-19 September 30 – Complete 1-3 Diagnostics November 1– Complete K Diagnostics November 30 – Notification to Parents November 30 – Update K-3 Records in Scholarship Websystem November 30 – Reading Intervention Monitoring Plans in Place 60 days from diagnostic assessment October 23 – Grade 3 ELA Test December 18 – Grade 3 IOWA F or other alternative assessment April – Grade 3 ELA May – Grade 3 IOWA F or other assessment May 30 - Update Gr 3 Records in Scholarship Websystem July - Grade 3 ELA and Grade 3 IOWA F or other alternative assessment

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RIMPS

RIMP should – Individualized Identify not on track status of students Identify areas of weakness Method of addressing weakness or weaknesses Data that shows monitoring of growth in weak area Documentation of notification to parents Document special strengths/training of teacher(s) providing intervention

Plan should NOT - simply describe what all students receive describe services of Title I Teacher

State Template Youngstown Brunswick

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Parent notification

Parents must be notified Parents Must Be Notified of Reading Deficiency & Possible Retention in Grade 3 Parents of K-3 students determined to be NOT ON TRACK must be notified in writing of their child’s reading status, their child’s need for intensive reading intervention, and the possibility of retention at grade 3. For grade 3 students who have not earned a promotion score by January - Parents must be informed in writing that the retention decision may have to be made after the end of the school year when state spring results arrive or even later in the summer if the student can not be promoted with the state spring scores do arrive.

Parents must be notified Sample letters can be found here.

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Exempt students

Exempt students Some students can be exempt from participation. Some students can be exempt ONLY from retention.

Exempt students from all TGRG All students are expected to be reading at grade level when entering grade 4. However, some students are . . . Exempt from TGRG Participation Non-state scholarship students All non-state scholarship students State scholarship students Autism state scholarship students Jon Peterson state scholarship students Ed Choice alternate assessment state scholarship students Ed Choice ISP students with a significant cognitive disability whose ISP team exempts from participation

Exempt students from all TGRG Even though non-state scholarship students should be served and monitored using the same guidelines as scholarship students they are not governed by the legislation and are not required to earn a promotion score in grade 3.

Exempt students Only from retention Grade 3 Ed Choice ISP Students whose ISP team documents the rationale for the retention exemption in the ISP. Grade 3 Ed Choice EL Students who have been in a US school for less than 3 school years and who have had less than 3 full years of instruction in an English as a Second Language Program are exempt from the TGRG retention requirement Grade 3 Ed Choice Retained Students who have already been retained at least 1 school year and have received 2 years of intensive reading intervention are exempt from the TGRG retention requirement.

Exemption from state testing Exemption from TGRG participation or retention is NOT the same as an exemption from regular state testing. The only students exempt from state testing are autism state scholarship students.

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Mid-year promotion for retained students Link – New FAQ

Mid-Year promotion Mid-Year Promotion is ONLY for the student you believe – despite the TGRG guidelines – should be promoted Who should this be? Students performing at grade level in other areas of instruction Link – New FAQ

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