Top 10 Things to Know about Ohio’s Learning Standards
1. Ohio’s Learning Standards in math, English language arts, science and social studies
identify the “what” of learning – the knowledge and skills Ohio students need to be
successful in college, careers and life. The standards do not tell schools how to teach.
2. Local teachers, principals, superintendents and parents will still decide how the standards
are to be met. This includes choosing curriculum, instructional materials, homework,
textbooks, teaching techniques and literature selections.
3. Having learning standards is not new for Ohio; our state has had standards since 2001. At
the direction of the Ohio General Assembly, the State Board of Education voluntarily
adopted the current standards in 2010 to set higher expectations for our students.
4. Ohio owns its math and English language arts standards, and the State Board of Education
can make changes to them if needed.
5. Ohio’s Learning Standards do not represent a federal takeover of education. There was no
federal involvement and no federal resources used in the development of the standards.
6. Ohio has one of the most stringent student-data privacy protection laws in the country.
Ohio’s Learning Standards do not change how student data is collected or shared.
7. H.B. 487, passed by the Ohio General Assembly in June 2014, created review committees
for learning standards and state tests and enhanced existing student-data privacy laws.
8. The adoption and implementation of the standards does not affect the right, ability or
methods of parents who wish to homeschool their children or send them to private schools.
9. Ohio’s Learning Standards are based on strong research and evidence, developed by
practiced teachers, and benchmarked against the best learning standards in the world.
10. Organizations across many sectors support Ohio’s Learning Standards, including those
representing parents, teachers, superintendents, principals, business leaders, higher
education, philanthropy and civil rights advocates. (See a full list on the back.)
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Members of the Ohio Standard Coalition:
1. Alliance for High
Quality Education
17. Inter-University
Council of Ohio
2. Battelle Memorial
Institute
18. KidsOhio.org
3. Battelle for Kids
4. Buckeye Association
of School
Administrators
5. Cincinnati Business
Committee
6. Cleveland
Foundation
7. Cleveland
Metropolitan School
District
8. Coalition of Rural &
Appalachian Schools
9. Columbus
Partnership
10. Columbus Urban
League
11. Eastern Ohio P–16
12. GAR Foundation
19. KnowledgeWorks
20. Learn to Earn
Dayton
21. Nordson
Corporation
Foundation
22. Ohio ASCD
23. Ohio Association of
Community Colleges
24. Ohio Association of
Elementary School
Administrators
25. Ohio Association of
School Business
Officials
26. Ohio Association of
Secondary School
Administrators
27. Ohio Business
Roundtable
13. GE Foundation
28. Ohio ESC
Association
14. Greater Cleveland
Council of Teachers
of Mathematics
29. Ohio Federation of
Teachers
15. Greater Cleveland
Partnership
16. Gund Foundation
30. Ohio Mathematics
and Science
Association
31. Ohio PTA
32. Ohio School Boards
Association
33. Ohio STEM Learning
Network
34. Philanthropy Ohio
35. REACHigher (Lorain
P–16)
36. State University
Education Deans
37. Strive Partnership
38. StudentsFirst Ohio
39. Thomas B. Fordham
Institute
40. United Way of
Greater Cincinnati
41. Urban League of
Greater Cleveland
42. Urban League of
Southwest Ohio