Introducing our Newest Product:
“STANDARDS-BASED ACTIVITIES”  

Are your students still not passing the OST? You are certainly not alone. Schools all over Ohio are “teaching the standards,” but many students are still struggling. 

In working with hundreds of Ohio teachers, we have discovered the following: (1) The standards are not being taught at the higher level of cognitive demand required; and (2) students seldom see test items that look like the ones they encounter on the OST. Teachers keep asking: “Can we have strategies and test items that exactly match the standards?”

In response, we have developed “Standards-Based Activities” - - multiple-day classroom activities that address a specific standard or a cluster of related standards.

Each Activity includes teaching strategies and materials to match both the content and the cognitive demand of the standards and classroom tests that look like the test items students encounter on the OST.  These Activities are available in Math, grades 3-8 and ELA, grades K-8.

These Activities are not intended to replace your existing curriculum or your adopted texts but are helpful supplements for mastering the state content standards - - which is the key to passing high-stakes tests. 

Click Here to view the menu of “Standards-Based Activities."

About EdFOCUS

EdFOCUS is a highly successful leader in providing customized professional development and consulting services to K-12 school districts in seven states and throughout Ohio. We have a long-standing reputation for thoroughness and reliability using a "work-with" approach." Our goal is to help educators improve students' scores on the state test...and we have never failed.