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Board hears update on Ohio’s third-grade reading guarantee; district outlines interventions and retention rules
Summary
K–5 coordinator Sherry Martin briefed the Bradford Board of Education on spring 2024 updates to Ohio’s third-grade reading guarantee, including required diagnostics, Reading Improvement and Monitoring Plans, a state-defined high-dosage tutoring requirement (at least 3 days/week or 50 hours over 36 weeks), and retention/promotion cut scores.
Sherry Martin, the district’s kindergarten-through-fifth-grade coordinator of academic achievement, told the Bradford Board of Education on April 18 that the Department of Education and Workforce updated guidance this spring for Ohio’s third-grade reading guarantee.
Martin said districts must administer a state-approved reading diagnostic (the district uses i-Ready) by Sept. 30 for students in grades 1–3 and during the first 20 days of instruction for kindergarten. ‘‘Once our students take the i-Ready reading diagnostic, their score will determine whether or not they are considered on or off track in reading,’’ she said.
Under the guidance, students identified as off track must have a Reading Improvement…
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