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 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 4 th Gr. MAP FALL FALL OAA MAP WINTER ****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 4 th grade.

3 rd Grade Guarantee Goal: Ensuring that All Students Can Read

What is the “Third Grade Reading Guarantee?” ORC (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 school year.”

Who does this affect? All students grades K-3 will be affected. Students are tested by Sept 30 th 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.

Fall Reading OAA - below 400 Who is not “on track”? 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 school year, all students scoring below the designated level of 394 on the 3 rd 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 4 th grade.

What Can I Do To HELP My Child?

1.Regular School Attendance 2.READ READ READ! 3.TJ Compass LearningTJ Compass Learning 4.ODE Success Practice SiteODE 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?