UPDATE – The Department posted a companion document to the List of Approved Assessments specifically for assessments approved for gifted identification and prescreening for the 2024-2025 school year. It provides Ohio school districts, educators, and families with guidance related to the selection and use of assessments approved for gifted identification and prescreening.
In addition, the companion document provides general guidance, such as qualifying scores, approved grade levels, considerations for use, tips for selecting approved assessments, and other pertinent information to help districts identify students who are gifted using approved assessments.
For questions about the Department’s List of Approved Assessments, contact ApprovedAssessments@education.ohio.gov. For questions about the use of approved assessments for gifted identification and prescreening, contact Gifted@education.ohio.gov.
Below is the 2024-2025 Approved List of Assessments in the following areas:
- Comparable Assessments to Ohio’s K-3 Diagnostic Assessment for the Third Grade Reading Guarantee (K-3 Diagnostic)
- Tier 1 Dyslexia Screening Measure (Dyslexia Screener)
- Alternative Standardized Assessment for the Third Grade Reading Guarantee (Alt Reading)
- Alternative Standardized Assessment for Grades 3-8 (Alt 3-8) for Chartered Nonpublic Schools
- Alternative High School Assessments for Graduation (Alt HS) for Chartered Nonpublic Schools
- High-Quality Student Data (HQSD)
- Gifted Prescreening and Identification (Gifted Assessment)
Inclusion on this list occurs through a noncompetitive procurement process. All vendor proposals that met minimum criteria for their assessment area(s) are listed with the assessment areas for which they were approved. These can be administered by districts and schools in the 2024-2025 school year.