Ohio Achievement Assessment

{{Short description|Standardized test in Ohio, United States}}

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The Ohio Achievement Assessment (commonly stylized as the OAA) is a standardized test meeting NCLB requirements. Grades 3-8 are tested in reading, mathematics, science, social studies, and writing.{{Cite web|url=http://education.ohio.gov/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?page=3&TopicRelationID=222&ContentID=19484&Content=59479|title=ODE - Resources for Ohio's Achievement Tests|accessdate=2009-04-25|date=2008-11-20|author=Education, Ohio Department of}} Before 2010, the Ohio Achievement Assessment was known as the Ohio Achievement Test.{{cite web|title=Ohio's Achievement Assessments|url=http://ohio3-8.success-ode-state-oh-us.info/|publisher=Ohio's Achievement Assessments|accessdate=3 June 2013}}

Students in grades 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7 are tested in reading and mathematics. Students in grades 5 & 8 are tested in reading, mathematics, and science.{{Cite web|url=http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/3301.0711|title=Assessment Law - 3301.0711|accessdate=2010-06-21}} Grades 4 and 7 are tested in writing, however, in 2009, the writing test was canceled (students in grades 4 and 7 were tested in writing) and the social studies test was suspended for the 2010–11 and 2011-12 school years. The social studies test did return for the 2013-14 school year.

Districts are graded based on a system of 26 indicators. Schools who meet at least 75% passing in all tests in grades 3-8, 85% percent above proficient on the OGT in grades 10-11, 90% graduation rate. and a 93% rate of attendance receive an "Excellent" rating on their school district report card issues by the state yearly. Any district that fails to make 20 indicators receives an "effective" or a "proficient" rating.