11/25/2014
On Dec. 9, the Center for Instructional Supports and Accessible Materials will mail a 2015 Federal Quota Registration of Blind Students packet on behalf of the Ohio Department of Education’s Office for Exceptional Children requesting the registration of every student attending school in your district who is legally blind.
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11/25/2014
The Ohio Department of Education’s Office for Exceptional Children annually develops a Special Education Profile for each district, displaying the district's performance on key indicators of special education program performance. On Nov.14, the office sent email notifications to district superintendents, special education administrators and community school sponsors containing the link and login information needed to access their Special Education Profiles.
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11/25/2014
Data Quality Campaign’s most recent report lists Ohio playing a critical role in ensuring effective data use at all levels – with nine actions in place to ensure effective data use.
Details of the report are available here.
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11/25/2014
The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) will be posting additional practice tests and tutorials online. These previews will allow students and teachers to see PARCC test items the way they will appear on statewide tests in English language arts and mathematics starting in spring 2014.
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11/25/2014
The 2014 statewide tribute to Rosa Parks is an engaging and interactive program for children in grades K-3, streaming live from the Capitol Theatre in the Vern Riffe Center on Friday, Dec. 5 at 11 a.m.
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11/18/2014
Approaching deadlines or important dates mentioned in previous editions of EdConnection.
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11/18/2014
To order paper formats for the spring 2015 PARCC tests, your school or district must use the PearsonAccess Next system. Pearson or Max Xu in the department’s Office of Curriculum and Assessment assigned your district test coordinator a username, which provides access to PearsonAccess Next. The district test coordinator will register students and place your order for the paper test materials you will need. This includes student labels for grades 3-8 and high school English language arts and mathematics for the test administration. The deadline is Friday, Nov. 21, to order for the performance-based tests in February and March. If you need assistance with your username or password, email Max.Xu@education.ohio.gov. Additionally, here is the PearsonAccess Next Online User Guide.
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