Assessment Special Announcement
Announcement from the Department of Assessment 8/25/2023
Joint Message from the Early Childhood Department and Department of Assessment & Testing
NEW!
New Changes to Ohio's Dyslexia Support Laws for 23-24
The AimsWebPlus+ Benchmark platform is still being updated for the 23-24 school year. There is currently an issue preventing rosters from being imported. Once this issue is addressed, educators should see their rosters based on English / Language Arts courses in Powerschool. Further information will be provided once it becomes available. Please contact Richard.A.Buehner@clevelandmetroschools.org if you have any questions.
ADDITIONALLY: The AWP+ is new to scholars and educators in grades 4-6. The Early Childhood Department is currently planning to provide PD opportunities, webinars, and office hours to support educator needs for this SY. Please contact Gloriane.Smith@clevelandmetroschools.org for any questions regarding training.
Kindergarten
- Kindergarten teachers will receive training at their December 8th PD day and should administer the Fall benchmark measures required on the chart below.
Grades 1-3:
- Administer Tier 1 Dyslexia Screening Measures in AimswebPlus (see measures in chart below).
- Administer the Rapid Automatized Naming (RAN) measure ONLY IF any power assessment (marked with asterisk) gets flagged with a pink exclamation or results in a score below the 25th percentile (indicated with an orange or yellow rectangle around the percentile score).
- Tier 1 Dyslexia Screening Measures (see chart below) will be administered to each student in grades 1-6 who transfer into the district within 30 days of the student’s enrollment. If the student's records indicate that a dyslexia screening measure was administered, the district is not required to administer Tier 1 Dyslexia Screening Measures. IF THERE ARE NO SCORES administer Tier 1 Dyslexia Screening Measures and RAN if applicable.
Grades 4 - 6:
- Webinars/Trainings for educators in grade 4-6 with be forthcoming.
- Tier 1 Dyslexia Screening Measures (see chart below) will be administered upon request by a parent, guardian or custodian, or the teacher. The teacher's request must receive permission from the parent, guardian, or custodian for the screening measure to be administered.
- IF REQUESTED Administer Tier 1 Dyslexia Screening Measures in AimswebPlus (see measures in chart below).
- Administer the Rapid Automatized Naming (RAN) measure ONLY IF any power assessment (marked with asterisk) gets flagged with a pink exclamation or results in a score below the 25th percentile (indicated with an orange or yellow rectangle around the percentile score).
- Tier 1 Dyslexia Screening Measures (see chart below) will be administered to each student in grades 1-6 who transfer into the district within 30 days of the student’s enrollment. If the student's records indicate that a dyslexia screening measure was administered, the district is not required to administer a Tier 1 Dyslexia Screening Measures. IF THERE ARE NO SCORES administer Tier 1 Dyslexia Screening Measures and RAN if applicable.
AimswebPlus Fall Benchmark and Dyslexia Screening Measures details are displayed below:
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