District Resources

• Third Grade Reading Guarantee Guidance Manual  (Revised October 2024)
• Reading Diagnostic Scoring Information 2024-2025 (Revised December 2024)
• Parent Request Exemption Resources (Ohio State University Family Engagement Center) 
  • Sample Letter
  • Talking Points
• Sample Third Grade Proficiency Statement for Written Communication with Families
• Alternative Reading Assessment promotion scores 
• RIMP Intervention EMIS Codes (Please see Appendix B of the Third Grade Reading Guarantee Guidance Manual).
• RIMP Intervention Video Series

Reading Improvement and Monitoring Plan Template

Districts and schools are required by Ohio law to create a Reading Improvement and Monitoring Plan (RIMP) within 60 days of receiving the reading diagnostic results for any student in grades K-3 who is not on-track (reading below grade level). The RIMP must continue throughout the student’s K-12 academic career until the student is reading proficiently for their current grade level. The Department has developed a RIMP template for the 2024-2025 school year to help districts and schools communicate with parents about their child’s reading difficulties, instructional supports, and plan for monitoring progress.

Districts may opt to use the template and are encouraged to modify the template to meet the needs of their students and communities. Districts are not required to use the Department-developed template.

• Reading Improvement and Monitoring Plan Template (revised for use in the 2024-2025 school year).
• RIMP Appendix (Progress Monitoring Table)

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Other Information

• List of Approved Assessments
• Reading Improvement and Monitoring Plan (RIMP)Letter Revision Tool
• Grade and Subject Acceleration and the Third Grade Reading Guarantee

The Law

• Third Grade Reading Guarantee Law (ORC 3313.608)
• Third Grade Reading Guarantee Law for Scholarship Students (ORC 3301.163)
• Reading Achievement Plans (ORC 3302.13, OAC 3301-56-02)

More Resources​

• Alternative Reading Assessments
• Reading Diagnostic Assessment

Last Modified: 4/30/2025 11:08:17 AM

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