Ohio's Plan to Raise Literacy Achievement The Ohio Department of Education aims to increase student achievement through improving language and literacy outcomes for all students. A successful language and literacy framework is built on five interrelated components—teacher capacity, shared leadership, multi-tiered systems of support, parent partnerships, and community collaboration.

Ohio's Third Grade Reading Guarantee is a program to identify students from kindergarten through grade 3 who are behind in reading. Schools will provide help and support to make sure students are on track for reading success by the end of third grade.

The process of learning to read is crucial for a child's future success, yet some struggle with it, hindering their academic and social-emotional growth. Research suggests early identification of reading difficulties is feasible, with focused intervention effectively mitigating long-term impacts. The Ohio Dyslexia Guidebook, mandated by Ohio's dyslexia support laws, provides best practices for screening, intervention, and remediation to address dyslexia and related traits through structured literacy programs.