What assessment options will students have for meeting the Reading Essential Skill requirement?
OAKS Reading Assessment: Students who reach standard on the high school OAKS reading assessment have met their reading essential skill. The cut score for passing the high school OAKS reading assessment is a 236. Work Samples: Students may use two work samples scored with the Official Reading Scoring Guide as evidence of proficiency in the essential skill of reading under the following conditions: at least one of the work samples must be on an informational reading selection; and total scores for each of the two work samples must be 12 or higher (across 3 traits on a 6 point scale) and no score can be lower than a 3 for any one trait.ODE developed a reading scoring guide and it was approved by the State Board of Education in October 2009. Click here to access the reading scoring guide on the ODE website. National Standardized Tests: The State Board has approved the following standardized tests (with required cut scores) for use in demonstrating the Essential Skill of reading: ACT (18),
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