• Social Studies Standards

  • The State Board of Education has adopted the Ohio Revised Standards in Social Studies as part of Ohio's Learning Standards for academic learning. The Kindergarten - Grade 12 standards will be fully in use in Ohio classrooms by 2014-2015.

  • http://education.ohio.gov/getattachment/Topics/Ohio-s-New-Learning-Standards/Social-Studies/SS-Standards.pdf.aspx

     

• Literacy Standards in Social Studies

  • Common core state standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects.

  • https://education.ohio.gov/getattachment/Topics/Ohio-s-New-Learning-Standards/English/ELA-Standards.pdf.aspx (Appendix A)

     

    Transition Tools and Resources for Ohio's Learning Standards: K-12 Social Studies

  • The link below provides educators support needed to understand and implement the Ohio's Learning Standards. Learn about the global context in which the standards were developed, compare them with Ohio's 2002 social studies standards and see how they are successfully implemented in the classroom.

  • http://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Ohios-Learning-Standards/Social-Studies/Transition-Tools-Ohio-Learning-Standards-K-1

     

• Blueprints (Social Studies and Science)

  • The Ohio Department of Education has released a set of Draft test specification documents, including description of the assessment components and item types, assessment blueprints, and item specifications, to help educators and the general public better understand the design of Ohio’s State Tests in Science and Social Studies. These documents are used to guide the development of the Ohio’s State Tests for Science and Social Studies.

  • http://oh.portal.airast.org/ocba/resources/?section=5-general (Click General Resources)

     

• Performance Standards

  • This document summarizes the scale score ranges and performance standards of Ohio’s State Tests in English language arts and mathematics.

  • http://oh.portal.airast.org/ocba/resources/. (Click on Reporting Resources)

     

• Performance Level Descriptors

  • The American Institutes for Research (AIR) and the Ohio Department of Education assembled panels of Ohio stakeholders to review actual test questions to define what students should know or be able to do at each performance level.

  • http://oh.portal.airast.org/ocba/resources/. (Click on Reporting Resources)

·         Historical Documents

• The law requires the instruction of these documents in their original text and historical context. It also requires the assessment of the documents in the American history and American government end-of-courses state tests. Twenty-percent of the value of the American Government test must be based on the historical documents.

  http://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Ohios-Learning-Standards/Social-Studies/Historical-Documents

   

• Practice Site Guidance Document

  • This document provides guidance for the online practice tests and released items, including an overview of the available tests, how to sign into the Student Practice Site, and the available features.

  • http://oh.portal.airast.org/ocba/resources/. (Click on Student Practice Resources then select Social Studies)

     

• Sample Item Answer Keys

  • The sample item answer keys include standards alignment information, the answer key, exemplars and scoring information.

  • http://oh.portal.airast.org/ocba/resources/. (Click on Student Practice Resources then select Social Studies)

     

• Student Practice Site

  • You can use this site to take sample online tests.

  • https://login1.cloud2.tds.airast.org/student/V145/Pages/LoginShell.aspx?c=Ohio_PT

    Social Studies Pearltree

    The Ohio Department of Education (ODE)created a Social Studies pealtrees to find more information and resources on each of the various topics. The posting of each pearl does not necessarily mean it is recommended nor endorsed by the Ohio Department of Education (ODE). These pearls are simply intended to be shared with educators of all kinds in the field as idea starters for what could be used in a classroom.

    http://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Ohios-Learning-Standards/Social-Studies/Social-Studies-Pearltree