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Science State Test Specifications and Resources | Ohio Department of Education. Science State Test Specifications and Resources | Ohio Department of Education. AIR Demo Site. Next Generation Assessments. Science. The State Board of Education has adopted the more rigorous Ohio Revised Science Content Standards as part of Ohio's New Learning Standards for academic learning. The Kindergarten - Grade 12 Ohio's New Learning Standards will be fully in use in Ohio classrooms by 2014-2015, when assessments that align to the standards are in place. ODE encourages districts to start implementing these Ohio New Learning Standards in Science now to better prepare students for 2014-2015 and beyond. Achieve released April 9, 2013, the final version of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). As a lead state in the national initiative, Ohio will review the document to determine what future action should be taken.

Content Standards and Model Curricula In October 2013, Career Connections strategies were added to the Instructional Strategies in the model curricula. Ohio Mathematics and Science Partnership Program Grant Problems and Ideas Related State Developed Assessments – Science and Social Studies. State Developed Assessments – Science and Social Studies. Ohio will develop assessments for science and social studies for an online administration to complement the computer-based PARCC assessments.

Additional information can be found on the Ohio Online Field Test Portal. The Field Test Portal is your gateway to all systems and resources for the Spring 2014 Ohio Online Science and Social Studies Field Tests. It includes FAQs and resources for students and families, teachers/test administrators, test coordinators, and technology coordinators. Although the Field Test Portal is available to the public, several systems require users to log in using their account information.

The Ohio Online Field Test Portal can be accessed at Proposed timeline Although many details are still to be completed, the proposed timeline for the computer-based assessments is: Science Test Specifications Social Studies Specifications ODE Resources. Grade-8-Science-specifications-Final-10 18 13-1-3 (1)

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