Ohio Department of Education’s Initiatives and their Impact on the Student Achievement
Introduction
The Ohio Department of Education has introduced several initiatives aimed at improving student achievement. According to stats, Ohio has over 1.7 million students in its public schools. Over the past few years, Ohio’s Department of Education has undertaken various initiatives to improve the quality of education in the state. This article aims to explore these various initiatives and their impact on student achievement.
Ohio’s Third Grade Reading Guarantee Program
The Ohio Department of Education’s Third Grade Reading Guarantee Program aims to ensure that all students reach grade-level reading proficiency by the end of third grade. The program provides support to struggling students while also providing resources like tutoring, summer reading camps, and diagnostic assessments. The program has been successful in increasing students’ reading proficiency. According to the 2019 State Report Card, 94.4% of Ohio third-graders met or exceeded the Third Grade Reading Guarantee.
Ohio’s Resident Educator Program
The Resident Educator Program is a four-year mentoring and support program for new teachers in Ohio. The program provides new teachers with a mentor, professional development opportunities, and regular assessments. The aim of the program is to improve the quality of teaching and support new teachers as they navigate their first years of teaching. The program has shown promise in improving student achievement as students of Resident Educators outperformed the state average on the 2018-2019 State Report Card.
Ohio’s Innovative Practices
Innovative Practices is a program created by the Ohio Department of Education to promote and fund out-of-the-box ideas from teachers and schools to improve student achievement. The program supports educators to pilot and scale innovative instructional practices and curriculum design that has the potential to improve student outcomes. This program has shown remarkable success, and many teachers have benefited from the funding to create and implement innovative programs.
Ohio’s Comprehensive Continuous Improvement Plan
The Comprehensive Continuous Improvement Plan is a statewide initiative that encourages every Ohio school and district to adopt a continuous improvement framework focused on student achievement. The CCIP builds a culture of continuous improvement in Ohio schools, encourages collaboration and data-driven approaches to problem-solving, and provides supports to districts to develop and implement the CCIP. The initiative allows Ohio schools and districts to align their continuous improvement efforts to support student achievement, demonstrating growth on State Report Card indicators like graduation rate, annual measurable objectives, and gap-closing.
Conclusion
Ohio’s Department of Education’s initiatives have been successful in improving student achievement across the state. They have utilized various programs targeted at improving different aspects of the education system. The Third Grade Reading Guarantee Program has improved reading proficiency, the Resident Educator Program has helped support new teachers, and the Innovative Practices program has allowed teachers to implement unique and effective methods. CCIP melds everything together bringing continuous improvement in Ohio schools. These initiatives have shown vast success in creating a better education system for Ohio’s students.
