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Ohio Department of Education
Diagnostic
Assessments
Ohio’s diagnostic assessments are aligned to Ohio’s Learning Standards.
The primary purpose of the diagnostic assessments is to provide a tool
to check the progress of students toward meeting the standards. The
diagnostic assessments were developed in two formats:
Screener: measures beginning year skills
Full Measure: measures end-of-year skills
Based on the Third Grade Reading Guarantee, districts/schools must
administer a reading diagnostic assessment to all students in
kindergarten through grade three. Districts must administer a reading
diagnostic assessment to students in grades 1 through grade 3 by
September 30 and to students in kindergarten by Nov. 1 of each school
year to meet the requirements of the Third Grade Reading Guarantee.
Districts have the option of using the state-developed diagnostics or a
vendor assessment on the department’s approved list of diagnostic
assessments. For kindergarten, districts may also choose to use
the Language and Literacy portion of the Kindergarten Readiness
Assessment to meet the reading diagnostic requirement. Districts who
use the state-developed diagnostics must print the assessments locally.
Districts/schools must administer a mathematics diagnostic assessment
to all students in grades one and two, and a writing diagnostic
assessment to all students in grades one, two, and three at least once
during the school year.
A district's/community school's ability to use a vendor diagnostic
assessment for writing and mathematics is contingent on the previous
year's letter grades for the categories Performance Index and
Value-Added. If a district earned an "A" or "B" grade in Performance
Index or Value-Added on the previous year's report card, then the
district may use a vendor diagnostic assessment. All results must be
reported into EMIS. Student results will be reported as on-track and
not on-track. (Note: On the Student Score Sheet, students who
score in the category of "further assessment may be needed" is
considered "on track". However, it is strongly encouraged to provide
interventions to these students.)
Please direct any questions on the diagnostic assessments to
statetests@education.ohio.gov.
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