3GG/Retentions/Placement

3GG/Retentions/Placement

Multiple Choice

What assessment is being used to help guide decisions of 3rd Grade promotion for the 2020-2021 school year?

• 3rd Grade Reading OST

• iReady Diagnostic

• Both

Grade Level Expected Range

KindergarteniReady Reading332 and above

First iReady Reading 378 and above

SecondiReady Reading 440 and above

Third*iReady Reading 495 and above

Multiple Select

Letters have already been mailed home notifying parents if their student was "not-on-track"

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

A RIMP must be developed within ____ days of receiving a student's diagnostic results.

• 2 weeks

• 30 days

• 60 days

• By the end of Marking Period 1

Multiple Select

For the 2020-2021 school year, a student may be retained solely for not meeting the OST cut score.

• True

• False

2020-2021 PROMOTION

Under newly enacted legislation for the 2020-2021 school year (Section 18 of House Bill 164 of the 133rd General Assembly), no district, community school, STEM school or chartered nonpublic school shall retain a student in the third grade who does not meet the promotion score of 683 on the Ohio’s State Test for grade 3 English language arts if the student's principal and reading teacher agree that other evaluations of the student's skills in reading demonstrate the student is academically prepared to be promoted to the fourth grade. This provision applies to students who are in third grade for the 2020-2021 school year and would be enrolling in the fourth grade for the 2021-2022 school year, unless retained.

Open Ended

What qualifies a student as exemption of the 3GG retention?

3GG Exemptions

~ A student who is an English learner enrolled in U.S. schools for less than three full school years and with less than three years of instruction in an English as a second language program; 

~ A student whose IEP specifically exempts the student from retention under the Third Grade Reading Guarantee;

~ A student who demonstrates reading competency on an alternative assessment for reading approved by the Ohio Department of Education; 

~ A student whose IEP shows that the student has received intensive remediation in reading for two year, and the student was previously retained in any of the grades kindergarten through grade 3; and 

~ A student who has received intensive remediation in reading for two years and was previously retained in any of grades kindergarten through grade 3.**

Multiple Select

If a student is retained for 3GG, they may be promoted to 4th grade mid year if they are reading at or above grade level

• True

• False

Multiple Select

A parent can refuse retention under the 3GG mandate.

• True

• False

Poll

Which happens first?

• Teachers submit a form to principal expressing academic concerns of student

• Teacher and principal have a conference before parent notify.

Poll

Which happens first?

• Initial parent conferences scheduled. Documentation in permanent record.

• Principals ensure that possibility of retention letters are sent home

Multiple Choice

How many conferences are the parents required to be invited to following the initial retention conference?

• 0

• 1

• 2

• 3

Multiple Select

At the end of MP3 teacher and principal notify parent if retention is still being considered.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

In May, which of the following happens?

• Principal checks grades for F's or H's

• Notices or retention or placement provided to parent and in permanent file.

• Retention determinations are finalized.

• All of the above