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Third Grade Reading Guarantee Promotion Criteria for 2021-2022

6/13/2022

To prepare for the upcoming school year, the Department reminds educators of the requirements related to Third Grade Reading Guarantee promotion criteria for the 2021-2022 school year.

First, no school district, community school, STEM school and no chartered nonpublic schools subject to ORC 3301.163 can retain a student in the third grade based solely on a student's academic performance in reading in the 2021-2022 school year unless the principal and reading teacher, in consultation with the student’s parent or guardian, agree the student is reading below grade level and is not prepared for fourth grade.

Second, for the 2021-2022 school year, each school district, community school, STEM school and each chartered nonpublic school subject to ORC 3301.163 must notify the parent or guardian of each student who achieves a scaled score below 683 on the spring Ohio’s State Test for grade 3 English language arts and describe the district's or school's remediation plan to improve the student's academic performance in reading.

For questions, contact ThirdGradeGuarantee@education.ohio.gov.