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<div align="center"><strong><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial', sans-serif;">Department Seeks English Language Arts Teachers to Help Develop Ohio’s State Tests by Participating on Range-finding Committees</span></em></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial', sans-serif;"> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial', sans-serif;">The Ohio Department of Education is now accepting applications for participants to serve on range-finding committees for English language arts (ELA). Ohio’s educators, content specialists, and other stakeholders play a vital role in creating valid and reliable assessments by serving on these committees.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial', sans-serif;"> </span></div>
<div><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial', sans-serif;">Range-finding Committees for English Language Arts <br>
</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial', sans-serif;color:black;">Range-finding committees are necessary whenever a test contains “open-ended” questions which for ELA are essays. Using sample student responses, these committees establish the range of acceptable responses, from no credit to partial credit, to complete credit. Range-finding committees make recommendations to the Department to ensure all written-response test questions are scored accurately, fairly, and consistently.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial', sans-serif;color:black;">Committees are specific to each Ohio’s state test in ELA (e.g., Ohio’s State Test in Grade 5 ELA or ELA II End-of-Course Test). Ohio educators who serve as assessment committee members represent the diversity of Ohio’s schools and districts: public, nonpublic, career technical, urban, suburban, and rural. Some may work in higher education or serve in school districts as curriculum specialists or administrators, but the majority of the committee members are classroom teachers with varied years of teaching experience in the appropriate grade levels and areas of study. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial', sans-serif;"></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial', sans-serif;color:black;">These ELA range-finding committees will convene for a limited series of virtual meetings. They are not ongoing committees. Meetings will be held in January-February 2022 only but will span several days. After you apply to participate on one of the committees, you will be able to indicate which dates you are available to serve. The dates for each of the grade-level meetings are listed below.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial', sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial', sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial', sans-serif;">Grade 3, Part 1</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial', sans-serif;">Grade 7, Part 2</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial', sans-serif;"></span><strong><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial', sans-serif;">These meetings will be held virtually. </span></em></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial', sans-serif;"></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial', sans-serif;">Please note the following: <br>
All eligible meeting participants will have the cost of substitute teachers directly reimbursed to school districts. Participants will receive reimbursement guidelines at the meeting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">These meetings require participants’ </span><em style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">full attention</em><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"> and </span><em style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">engagement</em><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"> as if it was an in-person meeting. The materials discussed will be secure. Therefore, please be sure you have a </span><strong style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">secure</strong><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"> location in which to work where no one else will see or hear the meeting or the meeting materials and you will be uninterrupted.</span>
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<li><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Participants will receive certificates from The Ohio Department of Education, Office of Assessment, that can be used for LPDC credit approximately 4-6 weeks after the meetings are completed.</span></li>
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<div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial', sans-serif;">Those who are interested in participating on one of the ELA Range-finding committees should complete this <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDAsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTA5MTUuNDU5NzI0NTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5zdXJ2ZXltb25rZXkuY29tL3IvSDdLRjJDMiJ9.OJFUkvYP4CVMNQtKXpg0qCczHo2efwPy9DBlMU0qEYM/s/501662428/br/112396094414-l__;!!KGKeukY!jgAV35fJFqs9S2v4eiimZ7Acql1MyKwpqnCOJAf5XJmCXNxYD2W0xPLRw9l7xfeqSae1$" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span style="color:blue;">application</span></a>. </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial', sans-serif;">Applicants should describe their experience in education, including expertise with Ohio’s Learning Standards in English language arts. <strong>Please be sure to identify grade level choice, ELA as the content area assignment, and range-finding as the committee preference.</strong> Submit applications by <strong>11 p.m. EST on Sunday, October 31, 2021. </strong>Selected applicants will receive notification by the week of <strong>November 22, 2021.</strong></span></div>
<div><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial', sans-serif;">Please be sure to include an active email address for notifications. Applications <u>MUST BE FULLY COMPLETED</u> to be considered for participation on a committee.</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial', sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial', sans-serif;"> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial', sans-serif;color:black;">Once we have received your completed application, we will send you a link to indicate your availability. Please indicate at least two days that you are able to attend. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial', sans-serif;">Having all committee members attend the entire meeting allows for the best personal experience and the most consistent process, however, we understand that being away from the classroom for several days is not always possible or beneficial to your students.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial', sans-serif;">We hope you will consider participating in this very important work. Your experience and expertise can serve a crucial role in the development of Ohio’s State Tests in English language arts.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial', sans-serif;">If you have any questions, please email the Office of Assessment at <a ymailto="mailto:statetests@education.ohio.org" href="mailto:statetests@education.ohio.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span style="color:blue;">statetests@education.ohio.org</span></a>. </span></div>
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