General Information

4/27/2022

Annual Assessment Conference 

Please save the date for the Office of Assessment’s Second Annual Assessment Conference. This virtual conference will be held over two half-days on Sept. 14 and 15 with a pre-conference session for new district test coordinators on Sept. 13. Registration information and an agenda will be sent out later this summer. 

WorkKeys Reimbursement Applications  

Please have all Fiscal Year 2022 (2021-2022 school year) WorkKeys reimbursement applications uploaded in the portal by June 30. Any district that uploaded an application for reimbursement should check to make sure that all of their student records have been approved by logging into the reimbursement portal. If there are any records that are not listed as approved or reimbursement paid, please contact Noël Nethers or Katie Hahn for assistance. Any nonpublic schools that gave WorkKeys tests to their students should also contact Noël or Katie for assistance with their applications. Information about WorkKeys Reimbursement is located on the Reimbursement for WorkKeys Tests page on the Department’s website.   

Applications for Translator Reimbursement for OST, AASCD and OGT  

Please have all Fiscal Year 2022 (2021-2022 school year) applications for translator reimbursement for OST, AASCD and OGT submitted by June 30. Districts and schools can find information about translator reimbursement in the Forms section of the Documents and Forms page of the Department website. Please submit only one form for translator reimbursement for each testing program per district. If there are any questions or challenges after reviewing the linked documents, contact Noël Nethers.  

Restart Readiness Assessments 

The Office of Assessment is pleased to announce that, due to overwhelmingly positive feedback from districts and schools, the Restart Readiness Assessments will continue to be available for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years. Nearly one million Restart Readiness Assessments have been administered in 2021-2022, which is over a 250% increase from the previous year. Visit the Restart Readiness Assessments page for more information on these assessments.  

Requesting a Medical Waiver

Ohio’s annual state tests are required by federal and state law. However, there may be rare circumstances in which students cannot take one or more assessments because of medical emergencies. The emergency medical waiver application should be used in situations that arise during the testing windows such as unexpected or worsening illness or physical injury immediately before or during the testing window. In these cases, districts and community schools must apply for an emergency medical waiver. Applications must be entered in the online system between May 9 and May 20, 2022. Administrators will have access within their OH ID accounts to a NEW “Data Collection Forms” link and should follow the prompts provided. Applications for the 2022 emergency medical waivers must be submitted by May 20, 2022.  

More information and directions on the Department’s process for emergency medical waivers is available on the Report Card Resources webpage.  Please direct all questions about emergency medical waivers to Jackie Seward at (614) 387 – 7570 or email Jackie.Seward@education.ohio.gov.