Ohio’s Learning Standards-Extended

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (2004) requires students with disabilities, including students with the most significant cognitive disabilities, to be provided access to and make progress in grade-level general education curriculum, not an alternate curriculum (CFR 34 § 300.320). The Ohio Learning Standards are the achievement targets used for the general education curriculum. The Ohio Learning Standards-Extended, sometimes referred to as “the extended standards,” are specific statements of knowledge and skills linked to the expectations of the achievement targets within the Ohio Learning Standards. In other words, the Ohio Learning Standards-Extended offer entry points to access grade level learning for students. The extended standards do not replace the Ohio Learning Standards, they are aligned to them. 

The purpose of Ohio’s Learning Standards-Extended is to build a bridge that provides grade level access to the content of the Ohio Learning Standards and to ensure students with the most significant cognitive disabilities are provided with multiple checkpoints to demonstrate knowledge and skills aligned to the achievement targets within Ohio Learning Standards. 

A committee comprised of special educators, general educators, parents, administrators, and other stakeholders in Ohio came together to develop the extended standards to be used for eligible students participating in Ohio’s Alternate Assessment for Students with the Most Significant Cognitive Disabilities (AASCD). 

On September 18, 2018, the Ohio State Board of Education adopted the revised grade level Ohio Learning Standards-Extended.  

Documents and Resources for Ohio’s Learning Standards – Extended (OLS-E)

OHIO LEARNING STANDARDS-EXTENDED (revised September 2018)

• English Language Arts-Ohio Learning Standards-Extended (revised September 2018) 
• Mathematics-Ohio Learning Standards-Extended (revised October 2018) 
• Science-Ohio Learning Standards-Extended (revised September 2018) 
• Social Studies-Ohio Learning Standards-Extended (revised September 2018) 

Ohio Learning Standards - Extended (Revised September 2018) with Learning Progressions

• Ohio Learning Standards - Extended (Revised September 2018) with Learning Progressions

Ohio English Language Proficiency Standards - Extended

• Ohio Learning Standards - Extended for ELP

More Information 

The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce (DEW) offers online instructional modules for Ohio’s Learning Standards – Extended (OLS-E). Educators can earn contact hours for completing these modules, which can be accessed at Literacy Access for ALL. 

Questions?

For more information on the extended standards, contact:

• Exceptionalchildren@education.ohio.gov, Office for Exceptional Children 
   

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