The Ohio Core

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The Ohio Core
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Purposes of the Ohio Core

• Establish rigorous high school graduation
  expectations for all students
• Prepare Ohioans to meet demands of the
  knowledge-based economy
• Prepare high school graduates to be successful
  for college or work
• Strengthen link between high school graduation
  and college entry
• Reduce remediation at the college level

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The Ohio Core Applies To

• Public Schools
• Chartered Nonpublic Schools
• Community Schools

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Graduation RequirementsEffective with the Class
of 2014

• English (4 units)
• Health (½ unit)
• Mathematics (4 units)
• One unit must be at least Algebra II or the
  equivalent of Algebra II

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Graduation RequirementsEffective 2006-07 School
Year

• Physical education (½ unit)
• Credit may be excused
• If local board of education adopts a policy
• Applies to students in interscholastic athletics,
  marching band or cheerleading for two full
  seasons
• Excused students must complete ½ credit (60 hours
  of instruction) in another course of study.

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Graduation RequirementsEffective with the Class
of 2014

• Science (3 units)
• Must be inquiry-based
• students ask valid scientific questions and
  gather and analyze information
• With laboratory experience
• Must include
• Physical sciences (1 unit)
• Biology (1 unit)
• 1 unit from advance sciences
• Physical science (chemistry, physics, etc.)
• Life science (advanced biology, etc.)
• Earth or space science (astronomy, physical
  geology, etc.)

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Graduation RequirementsEffective with the Class
of 2014

• Social Studies (3 units)
• American history (½ unit)
• American government (½ unit)
• Integrate economics and financial literacy into
  one or more social studies, or other, course
  content
• All students must receive instruction in
  financial literacy

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Graduation RequirementsEffective with the Class
of 2014

• Social Studies (cont.)
• Financial literacy includes
• Use of a budget
• Relationship of income level to supply and demand
  in the market
• Roles of people in the economy
• Consequences of choices affecting
• Budgets
• Savings
• Credit
• Philanthropy
• investments
• Effect of interest rates on savers and borrowers

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Graduation RequirementsEffective with the Class
of 2014

• Electives (5 units)
• Must be selected from any of the following
• Foreign language
• Fine arts
• Business
• Career-technical education
• Family and consumer sciences
• Technology
• Agricultural education
• English language arts
• Mathematics
• Science
• Social studies

Not otherwise required
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Graduation RequirementsEffective with the Class
of 2014

• Fine Arts (2 semesters or equivalent)
• Anytime from grades 7 through 12
• High school credit may be granted if the
  coursework is high school level and taught by a
  high school licensed teacher
• Otherwise, coursework still counts toward
  two-semester graduation requirement
• Can apply to 5 electives required
• Career-technical students are exempt from the
  fine arts requirement

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Opt-Out

• The student must have attended high school for 2
  years.
• The parent/guardian must file a signed, written
  statement consenting to the opt-out.
• The student and parent/guardian must agree to
  procedural requirements of the school.
• The school, student and parent/guardian must
  jointly develop an individual career plan.
• The school must provide counseling and support.
• The student must successfully complete the
  states curriculum requirements in place in 2006.
• The student may not directly enter most 4-year
  colleges.
• Opt Out provision in effect for 3 years unless
  extended by legislature.

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Some Important Policy Studies
RecommendationsOpt Out

• August 1, 2014 - PCL (ODE OBR)
• Analyze student performance data to determine if
  there are mitigating factors that warrant
  extending the opt out provision.
• (otherwise the provision ends with the
  students who enter the ninth grade prior to July
  1, 2014)

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Some Important Policy Studies Recommendations

• March 31, 2009 State Bd. Of Ed (PCL OBR)
• Adopt a statewide plan implementing methods for
  students to earn units of high school credit
  based on demonstration of subject area competency
  (phase in 2009-10)

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Some Important Policy Studies Recommendations
Dual Enrollment

• May 31, 2007 Partnership for Continued Learning
  (OBR the State Bd. Of Ed.)
• Increasing opportunities for students to earn
  credit toward a degree from an institution of
  higher education while enrolled in high school,
  including a definition of in good standing
  improving the operation of the post-secondary
  enrollment options program ORC 3313.6013

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Some Important Policy Studies Recommendations

• April 15, 2008 OBR
• Standards for awarding course credit (at state
  institutions of higher ed.)based on scores
  attained on Advanced Placement exams

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Some Important Policy Studies Recommendations

• July 1, 2007- PCL (OBR) Recommendations for
  Waiving of the Ohio Core Admissions Requirements
• Student meets preset criteria of statute
• (Community college, IEP, Home/Private Schooled,
  PSEO)
• Out-of-state high school graduate completes
  equivalent curriculum
• Attains GED and demonstrates mastery of the
  academic content
• Case by case basis that includes remediation
  coursework

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Some Important Policy Studies Recommendations

• July 30, 2007 - PCL (OBR St. Bd.of Ed.) College
  and Workforce Readiness Recommendations
• Develop assessment prototypes (including the use
  of end-of-course exams)
• address multiple purposes for testing include
  college and workplace readiness
• Pilot assessment two or three methodologies
• Recommend a high school assessment system that
• Aligns with Ohios College Readiness Expectations
  in English and Mathematics
• Provides students with meaningful feedback
• Guides students coursework decisions or needed
  interventions
• Promotes a challenging high school curriculum
• Accommodates unique student academic choices
• Streamlines the assessment system

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Some Important Policy Studies Recommendations

• December 31, 2007 State Bd. Of Education -
  Foreign Language Advisory Council
• Statewide foreign language education
  implementation plan
• Facilitate a K-12 program in districts
• Study critical language issues
• Describe multiple course-delivery models
• Define proficiency-based means for earning
  credits

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Some Important Policy Studies Recommendations

• April 30, 2009 (ODE OBR)
• Standardize method and form for documenting on
  high school transcripts high school credits
  earned that are compatible the standards for
  credit transfer and articulation adopted by the
  Board of Regents and any electronic
  clearinghouse for student transcript transfer

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Beginning in 2014-15

• Ohio Core required for admission to most
  state-supported 4 year universities
• Reduced state subsidy for remedial coursework at
  most state-supported 4 year universities

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Ohio Core

• Knowledge skills for the 21st century economy
• Prepare all students for college and work
• Stronger coordination between high school and
  college.