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PARCC, Ohio
Achievement and Third Grade Reading
Kitty Zumbrink, East School Principal
The second semester began on January 27 and is in full swing with
Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC)
testing awaiting the fourth grade students in the areas of language
arts and mathematics. They will also take a State social studies
test. Fourth grade students will take a total of six components
of testing- three portions of language arts, two portions of
mathematics, and one social studies assessment. In
Greenville, PARCC testing will begin on February 17 and continue
through March 6. PARCC testing for third grade students in the
area of mathematics is scheduled to begin on February 23. This will be
the first year that we will test students using technology and not
paper and pencil.
Many community members have likely heard about PARCC testing and are
encouraged to visit the PARCC website at www.parcconline.org. PARRC
officials indicate, “Because the assessments are aligned with the new,
more rigorous Common Core State Standards (CCSS), they ensure that
every child is on a path to college and career readiness by measuring
what students should know at each grade level. They will also provide
parents and teachers with timely information to identify students who
may be falling behind and need extra help.”
ALL third grade students will take the Ohio Achievement Assessment
Reading Portion on Tuesday, April 21. Ohio’s Third Grade Reading
Guarantee indicates third grade students must meet a minimum score of
394 on the Reading portion of the Ohio Achievement Assessment
(OAA). Students have other opportunities to meet this requirement
through other assessments within the school system. Greenville
has elected to use the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) online
testing as an additional way of meeting this requirement. A
minimum score of 184 as determined by the Ohio Department of Education
is needed on the reading portion of this assessment in order to be
promoted to fourth grade. In Greenville, third grade students
have already had one opportunity to take the reading portion of the OAA
and two opportunities to take the MAP. These results have been
communicated to parents. Students will have one more opportunity to
take the reading portion of the OAA and the MAP in order to meet the
TGRG requirement. A reading improvement and monitoring plan is
currently in place for any third grade student who was determined to be
below grade level at the beginning of the year or determined to be
below expectations through MAP and OAA measurements.
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