Standards-Curriculum-Assessment Alignment
Step Up To Quality (SUTQ) Program Standards require that programs select and implement a comprehensive curriculum that is aligned to the Early Learning and Development Standards. Programs also must implement a formal, comprehensive assessment. Beginning July 1, 2024 all programs rated a 3 Star or higher will need to implement a curriculum and an assessment that are aligned to the new Early Learning and Development Standards. To support this transition, the Department requests that curriculum and assessment vendors submit alignment documentation for verification and posting. Ohio programs may also submit alignment documentation through this process for verification in advance of your SUTQ visit.
Curriculum Review
The curriculum documentation process is open on a rolling basis. Documentation submitted by the first of the month will be reviewed and added to the website the following month. Please read this Curriculum Alignment Submission Details document for detailed information about the alignment verification process.
Reviewed Curriculum Alignments
Alignment for each curriculum is labeled as either full or partial. Each partially aligned curriculum has a supplemental alignment form showing standards that were not aligned or are not addressed in the curriculum. Programs using a partially aligned curriculum will complete the supplemental alignment form to document the supplemental resources they will use to meet the SUTQ comprehensive curriculum requirement.
See below for a list of curricula that have been reviewed. This list will be updated as reviews are completed:
| Curriculum |
Curriculum
Alignment Form |
Full or Partial Alignment |
Supplemental Alignment Form |
| Assessment, Evaluation, and Programing System, Third Edition (AEPS®-3) |
Completed Form |
Partial |
Supplemental Alignment Form |
| The Creative Curriculum for Family Child Care |
Completed Form |
Full |
Not Applicable
|
| The Creative Curriculum for Infants, Toddlers & Twos |
Completed Form |
Full |
Not Applicable
|
| The Creative Curriculum for Preschool, 6th Edition |
Completed Form |
Full |
Not Applicable
|
| The Creative Curriculum for Preschool, Guided Edition |
Completed Form |
Full |
Not Applicable
|
| Experience Early Learning Curriculum |
Completed Form |
Full |
Not Applicable |
| Funshine Express Buttercups |
Completed Form |
Full |
Not Applicable |
| Funshine Express Fireflies |
Completed Form |
Full |
Not Applicable |
| Gee Whiz |
Completed Form |
Full |
Not Applicable
|
| HighScope Infant-Toddler Curriculum |
Completed Form |
Full |
Not Applicable
|
| HighScope Preschool Curriculum |
Completed Form |
Full |
Not Applicable
|
| Scholastic PreK On My Way |
Completed Form |
Full |
Not Applicable |
Assessment Review
The assessment document process is open on a rolling basis. Documentation submitted by December 15, 2023, will be reviewed and added to the website by March 1, 2024. Documentation submitted by the first of the month beginning in February, 2024 will be reviewed and added to the website the following month. Please read this Assessment Alignment Submission Details document for detailed information about the alignment verification process.
Assessment Alignment Form
Reviewed Assessment Alignments
Coming in 2024!
Last Modified: 11/28/2023 12:23:19 PM