Vision screening equipment now available for loan

The Ohio Department of Education and Ohio Department of Health are making vision screening kits available on loan to schools. Kits include materials for screening set up and testing of distance visual acuity, stereopsis, ocular muscle balance and color vision.

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• State leaders urge schools to help fight drug abuse

Deadlines and dates

Approaching deadlines or important dates mentioned in previous editions of EdConnection.

2016 Ohio School Report Cards Update

• Resource – handout card for parents and community about Ohio School Report Cards.

Proposed revised standards now available for comment

An online survey is now available here through Monday, Aug. 1 for educators and members of the public to comment on proposed revisions to Ohio’s Learning Standards in English language arts and mathematics. The proposed revisions clarify text and make certain standards better match to the grade levels intended. The suggested changes are based on feedback from an initial survey conducted this spring.