Readiness Assessments

Readiness Assessments

Description

The Ohio Department of Education in conjunction with Cambium Assessment, Inc. is provides a suite of optional online assessments for educators to use in grades 3 through high school. The Readiness Assessments, available for English language arts, mathematics, science and social studies, are designed to help schools and districts identify student progress early and receive actionable performance data. These assessments will be administered using systems with which Ohio educators and students are familiar from the administration of Ohio’s State Tests.

Test Administration Window

There are no set administration windows for these assessments. Teachers may administer at their discretion and aligned to their scope, sequence and pacing.

Participation

Students may participate in any assessments as appropriate.

Test Composition

Benchmark tests are full-length assessments that mirror the content and test characteristics of Ohio’s State Tests in terms of length, test specifications, blueprints and tools available to students (such as the calculator). These benchmark tests will be machine-scored, allowing reporting in near real-time to give teachers rapid access to results. Mirroring Ohio’s State Tests also allows for reporting measures that are familiar to Ohio educators, such as performance levels. Results will be reported in a new, innovative reporting system, with additional tools to assist teachers in understanding and using the data. To aid teachers in connecting assessment results with instruction, the Department is providing resources specific to each benchmark test, including instructional strategies, content information and learning activities.

Checkpoint assessments consists of six to 10 items and offers a range of opportunities to assess within each reporting category. Items offer varying levels of difficulty or complexity, as well as breadth of Ohio’s Learning Standards for the reporting category. To a large extent, these assessments will be machine-scored. Raw scores (the number of items correct) will be provided in the new reporting system. As part of a balanced system of local informal and formative assessments, the checkpoint assessments will provide useful information in gauging students’ knowledge and performance within each reporting category.

Learn More

Ohio Department of Education Resources

Review the Ohio Department of Educations page dedicated to (Student) Readiness Assessments to learn more about these assessments.

Ohio's Assessment System Resources

Review Ohio's Assessment Portal hub dedicated to Readiness Assessments to familiarize yourself with the tools and resources available.

Accountability Connections

The Benchmark and Checkpoint assessments (Readiness Assessments) are optional assessments teachers may utilized in their instructional plans. These assessments are in no way tied to any accountability measures.

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