1860 Walden Drive
Columbus, OH 43229
Phone: (614) 433-0822
http://www.marburnacademy.org/aboutus.htm

PO Box 09521
Columbus, Ohio 43209
Phone: (614) 237-6021
http://www.aacld.org

290 Cramer Creek Court
Dublin, Ohio 43017
Phone: (614) 799-1261
www.32nddegdyslexiacenters.com

1821 Summit Rd. Suite 303
Cincinnati, OH 45237
(513) 821-2400 tel
(513) 821-2442 fax
www.dssc.org/frc/TAGuide/pti/oh1.htm

8 East Long Street
Suite 500
Columbus, OH 43215-2999
(614) 466-7264 tel
(614) 644-1888 fax
www.state.oh.us/olrs/fsc/

700 Ackerman Road
Suite 440
Columbus, OH 43202-1559
(614) 447-0844 tel
(614) 447-9043 fax
www.glarrc.org/

312 Walnut Street Suite 1160
Cincinnati, OH 45202
(513) 345-1330 tel
(513) 345-1337 fax
www.inclusion.org

Ohio Department of Education
25 South Front Street Second Floor, Mail Stop 202
Columbus, OH 43215-4183
(614) 466-2650
877)-644-6338 tel
(614) 728-1097 fax
www.ode.state.oh.us/exceptional_children/

165 West Center Street Suite 302
Marion, OH 43302-3741
(740) 382-5452 tel
(740) 383-6421 fax
www.ocecd.org

8 East Long Street Suite 500
Columbus, OH 43215-2999
(614) 466-7264 tel
(614) 644-1888 fax
www.state.oh.us/olrs/

274 East First Avenue
Columbus, OH 43201
(614) 644-7061 tel
(614) 644-7004
faxwinslo.state.oh.us/

1085 E. Johnstown Road Suite B
Gahanna, OH 43230
(614) 939-5980 tel
(614) 939-5982 fax
www.ospaonline.org

25 South Front Street
Columbus, OH 43215-4183
(877) 644-6338
(877)-644-6338 tel
(614) 752-3956 fax
www.ode.state.oh.us/

555 Buttles Avenue
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 221-7201 tel
(614) 221-7625 fax
www.ohiolegalservices.org

3702 Hickory Drive
Trotwood, OH 45426
(937) 542-3443 tel

25 S. Front Street, 2nd Floor
Columbus, OH 43215, OH
(614) 466-2650 tel
www.ode.state.oh.us/exceptional_children/ Office for Exceptional Children

274 East First Avenue Columbus, OH 43201
(614) 644-7061
tel (614) 644-7004 fax
winslo.state.oh.us/

510 E North Broadway St
Columbus, OH 43214
tel (614) 263-5151
www.columbusspeech.org

11100 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106
tel (888) 844-8447
http://www.uhhospitals.org/rainbowchildren

The Central Ohio Branch of the International Dyslexia Association (COBIDA) does not recommend or endorse any individual, business, school or program.  We provide these contacts to help you network with those individuals involved in the issues of dyslexia.

Numerous resources that you may access on the internet offer a wide amount of information on learning disabilities including dyslexia. The International Dyslexia Association web page contains useful information and overview of the basic issues important to every parent.

The Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDAA) web page provides content about how to learn signs and symptoms of the most common learning disabilities as well as simple strategies for use at home and school. LDAA also has an advocacy program for parents that will help you understand and support your child.

The National Center for Learning Disabilities has information on No Child Left Behind and the latest news on Identification and eligibility procedures (IDEA) for Specific Learning Disability (SLD) and frequently asked questions. They also have a search engine on local resources, including those listed below:

8600 LaSalle Road
Chester Building, Ste. 382
Baltimore, MD 21286-2044
info@interdys.org
Tel: 410-296-0232
800-ABCD123
Fax: 410-321-5069
http://www.interdys.org

20 Roszel Road
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
U.S.A.
Telephone: (609) 452-0606
Toll Free: 800-221-4792
Fax: (609) 520-7990
http://www.rfbd.org

4156 Library Road Suite 1
Pittsburgh, PA 15234-1349
Tel: 412-341-1515 412-341-8077
Fax: 412-344-0224
info@ldaamerica.org
http://www.ldaamerica.org

381 Park Avenue South Suite 1401
New York, NY 10016
Tel: 212-545-7510
888-575-7373
Fax: 212-545-9665
http://www.ld.org

31 Center Drive, Rm. 2A32 MSC
2425 Bethesda, MD 20892-2425
Tel: 301-496-5133
Fax: 301-496-7101
http://www.nichd.nih.gov

Rm. 8184, MSC 9663
Bethesda, MD 20892-9663
Tel: 301-443-4513
301-443-8431 (TTY)
866-615-NIMH (-6464)
Fax: 301-443-4279
nimhinfo@nih.gov
http://www.nimh.nih.gov

Changing the way people think about writing, spelling, reading and thinking
http://www.riggsinst.org/index.shtml

The Central Ohio Branch of the International Dyslexia Association (COBIDA) does not recommend or endorse any individual, business, school or program.  We provide these contacts to help you network with those individuals involved in the issues of dyslexia.

Twice-exceptional (gifted LD) articles and news – especially useful for gifted with dyslexia, ADD, etc

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In the midst of the school-funding battle here in the Buckeye State, it is easy to lose sight of the other major education reforms on Governor Strickland’s agenda, including revamping the state’s academic standards and assessments. The governor says the revisions are necessary in order to incorporate the teaching of “21st century skills” in Ohio’s classrooms. I don’t agree, but I also don’t think it matters much what Ohio’s schools are expected to teach or students are expected to learn if the bar by which we judge student and school performance isn’t raised.

Ohio’s low cut scores on our state reading and math tests were brought to light in 2007’s The Proficiency Illusion, and an Education Trust report out last month highlighted the gap between proficiency levels on Ohio’s state achievement tests and the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Akron Beacon Journal columnist Laura Ofobike picked up on EdTrust’s findings today:

Are we basking in an illusion of progress under the state assessments? Is the achievement bar set high enough that our students can match up outside Ohio? Draw your own conclusions. Here’s what the state report showed, comparing proficiency rates on the Ohio tests against the National Assessment of Educational Progress, considered the nation’s standardized tests:

On the NAEP reading test in 2007, 36 percent of Ohio fourth-graders rated proficient or better—a far cry from the 80 percent proficiency rate recorded by fourth-graders on the state reading test.

Turn to the eighth-grade math test, and the NAEP results are no less distressing: 36 percent proficient or better, while the state test showed 72 percent proficient or better.

Poke deeper, and the gaps in scores among student groups would make a legislator weep. The Ohio reading test indicated 43 percent of African-American fourth-graders were below profiency. The NAEP test showed 87 percent were not proficient. For Latino students, 32 percent were not proficient at the state level; the NAEP figure was 79 percent. And for white students, the difference was 15 percent not proficient on the state test versus 58 percent on the NAEP test.

Similarly wide margins were evident between the Ohio Achievement Test and NAEP in eighth-grade math proficiency. For each group of students, the national assessment showed significantly fewer students achieving proficiency levels than the state tests would lead anyone to believe.

If the national tests represent the expected standard for American students, then clearly we are doing children here a huge disservice by using yardsticks that serve only to make us feel good.

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