The Ohio Department of Education is now accepting applications for participants to serve on Content Advisory and Rubric Validation committees for Ohio’s State Tests. Ohio’s educators, content specialists and other stakeholders play a vital role in creating valid and reliable assessments by serving on these committees.
These committees are specific to each Ohio’s state test (e.g., Ohio’s State Test in Grade 3 ELA or Algebra I End-of-Course Test). Ohio educators who serve as assessment committee members represent the diversity of Ohio’s schools and districts: public, nonpublic, career technical, urban, suburban, and rural. Some may work in higher education or serve in school districts or ESCs as curriculum specialists, but the majority of the committee members are classroom teachers with varied years of teaching experience in the appropriate grade levels and areas of study. Content advisory and rubric validation committees meet on an ongoing basis to review new test questions and materials as they are developed. The number and frequency of meetings depends on the volume of new test item development, but typically these committees meet once or twice annually.
Content Advisory Committees for All Subject Areas
Content advisory committees review and evaluate test questions and related test materials to ensure that each question is a valid and appropriate measure of the Ohio Learning Standards for that particular subject area and grade level. These committees review all test questions to advise the Department on whether each question is aligned with Ohio’s Learning Standards, contains appropriate grade-level content, has the appropriate level of difficulty for the grade level, has correct and accurate content and is clearly written.
In person meetings will be convened in June/July 2024 in Columbus for content advisory committees for Math, Science and Social Studies. For ELA, meetings will occur
virtually in January 2024 for reading passage reviews and in person in Columbus for the June/July 2024 reading item reviews. The dates for each of the grade level meetings are listed below. These dates are specific only to the 2024 meetings. If you are chosen to serve on a content advisory committee, we will invite you to the 2024 meetings and then subsequent meetings as they are scheduled.
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CONTENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
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Grade Level &
Subject Area |
Meeting Dates |
| ELA Grade 3 Reading Passages Meeting & Reading Items Meeting |
Jan. 8-10 & June 10-12 |
| ELA Grade 4 Reading Passages Meeting & Reading Items Meeting |
Jan. 11-12 & June 13-14 |
| ELA Grade 5 Reading Passages Meeting & Reading Items Meeting |
Jan. 18-19 & July 1-2 |
| ELA Grade 6 Reading Passages Meeting & Reading Items Meeting |
Jan. 16-17 & June 5-6 |
| ELA Grade 7 Reading Passages Meeting & Reading Items Meeting |
Jan. 16-17 & June 20-21 |
| ELA Grade 8 Reading Passages Meeting & Reading Items Meeting |
Jan. 18-19 & July 9-10 |
| ELA II Reading Passages Meeting & Reading Items Meeting |
Jan. 22-24 & June 26-28 |
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| Math Grade 3 |
June 10 |
| Math Grade 4 |
June 11 |
| Math Grade 5 |
June 12 |
| Math Grade 6 |
June 13-14 |
| Math Grade 7 |
June 5-6 |
| Math Grade 8 |
June 20-21 |
| Algebra I |
June 25-26 |
| Geometry |
July 1-2 |
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| Science Grade 5 |
June 11-14 |
| Science Grade 8 |
July 9-12 |
| Biology |
June 24-28 |
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| American Government |
June 20-21 |
| American History |
June 24-25 |
Rubric Validation Committees for Math and Science
Rubric validation committees review student responses from machine scored items administered during the online embedded field test. The review is conducted to ensure the machine is scoring the items accurately. The committee can make changes to the scoring rubric of an item for clarity, accuracy and reliability.
The rubric validation committees will convene in person in Columbus. The dates for each of the grade level meetings are listed below. These dates are specific only to the 2024 meetings. If you are chosen to serve on a rubric validation committee, we will invite you to the 2024 meeting and then subsequent meetings as they are scheduled.
RUBRIC VALIDATION COMMITTEE
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Grade Level &
Subject Area |
Meeting Dates |
| Math Grade 3 |
May 29 |
| Math Grade 4 |
May 30 |
| Math Grade 5 |
May 31 |
| Math Grade 6 |
May 29 |
| Math Grade 7 |
May 30 |
| Math Grade 8 |
May 31 |
| Algebra I |
June 3 |
| Geometry |
June 4 |
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| Science Grade 5 |
May29-30 |
| Science Grade 8 |
June 3-4 |
| Biology |
June 5-6 |
Please note the following:
- For committee members who are not under contractual obligations for the dates of the meeting, a monetary stipend of $75 will be provided for attendance of each meeting day. Expense forms and reimbursement guidelines will be distributed and collected at the meeting.
- All eligible meeting participants will have the cost of substitute teachers directly reimbursed to school districts. Participants will receive reimbursement guidelines at the meeting and paperwork to give to their districts to complete for reimbursement.
- For in person meetings, hotel rooms are available to committee members who live 45 miles or more from the meeting site. Hotel rooms will be billed directly to Cambium Assessment.
- For in person meetings, all committee members will be reimbursed for in-state mileage at whatever is the current state rate. Expense forms and reimbursement guidelines will be distributed at the meeting.
- Training will be provided first thing in the morning on Day 1 so please be on time. Meetings are held 8:30am – 4:30pm with lunch break (time for lunch is normally determined by committee).
- Participants will receive certificates from The Ohio Department of Education, Office of Assessment, that can be used for LPDC credit approximately 4-6 weeks after the meetings are completed.
Those who are interested in participating on one of the content advisory or rubric validation committees should complete this
application.
Applicants should describe their experience in education, including expertise with Ohio’s Learning Standards in their chosen subject area.
Please be sure to identify:
- grade level choice
- subject area assignment
- name of the committee preference (content advisory OR rubric validation)
Submit applications by
11p.m. EST on Sunday, October 8, 2023. Selected applicants will receive notification by the week of
October 30, 2023.
Please be sure to include an active email address for notifications. Applications MUST BE FULLY COMPLETED to be considered for participation on a committee.
We hope you will consider participating in this very important work. Your experience and expertise can serve a crucial role in the development of Ohio’s State Tests.
If you have any questions, please email the Office of Assessment at
statetests@education.ohio.gov.