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Greenville City Schools
The Third Grade
Reading Guarantee
Kitty Davis
Greenville Elementary Principal
The Third Grade Reading Guarantee (TGRG) was developed in 2013 and is
used as a method to identify students in grades kindergarten through
third grade that are behind in reading. Third grade students will
initially take the Ohio’s Grade 3 English Language Arts test on October
23, 2018. This test is designed to measure whether or not
students meet the requirements of the Third Grade Reading Guarantee for
promotion to fourth grade. For the 2018-2019 school year, Ohio’s
Third Grade Reading Guarantee mandates third grade students meet a
minimum passing score of 45 on the assessment. This cut-score has
been pre-determined by the Ohio Department of Education. There
will also be a second administration of the Ohio Grade 3 English
Language Arts assessment in March 2019. In order to prepare for
the up-coming, state-wide, on-line assessment, the third grade students
have been receiving forty minutes of technology/keyboarding instruction
a week in addition to their language arts instruction. This is an
increase of ten minutes from previous years. Additionally, within
the classrooms, students are utilizing their iPads for reading of skill
level appropriate books, vocabulary remediation, and spelling
practice. This also helps students with practicing technology and
keyboarding skills. .
The third grade population has already had one opportunity to meet the
Third Grade Reading Guarantee by taking the reading portion of the
Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) in September. The questions
on the MAP are designed to mimic the types of questions with which
students will be presented on the Ohio Grade 3 ELA
administration. Throughout the year, students will have
additional opportunities to meet the requirement of the Third Grade
Reading Guarantee. A minimum score of 193, again as determined by
the Ohio Department of Education, is needed on the reading portion of
the MAP assessment in order to be promoted to fourth
grade.
The September MAP results have recently been communicated to
parents. A reading improvement and monitoring plan (RIMP) has
been developed for any third grade student who was “not on track” at
the beginning of the year as indicated by the MAP measurement.
This plan describes to parents what interventions are being utilized to
ensure their child’s reading success. Parents are encouraged to
contact their third grade child’s language arts instructor with any
questions regarding the Third Grade Reading Guarantee requirements,
RIMPs, or ways to assist their child with reading.
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