The OCSS OGT listserv's  purpose is to give OCSS members an opportunity to engage in ongoing dialogue regarding how different districts and departments are dealing with the Ohio Graduation Test requirements and the Ohio Social Studies Standards.

To subscribe, send a blank e-mail to ogt_ocss-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.  You will then receive an e-mail from Yahoo that will ask you to confirm that you want to join the listserv.  Just follow the directions found in the e-mail and you'll be signed up!  Please e-mail the web editor if you have any problems signing on.

And don't forget to tell your colleagues to join as well!

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Please note that OCSS does not endorse any responses posted on this listserv. To obtain up-to-date information on the OGT from the Ohio Department of Education, please consult their website at http://www.ode.state.oh.us/

While you are at the ODE web page, you can now view, "A Guide to the New Ohio Graduation Tests for Students and Families". You can find the document at this link: https://www.ode.state.oh.us/proficiency/OGT/default.asp
 

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OCSS would like to thank Sherry Maruna from Streetsboro High School, the OCSS member who suggested this listserv (and provided the well-written description)! 
If you have any suggestions what additions OCSS may add to this website, please e-mail the web editor today!

A note about listservs...  When you send an e-mail, it goes to EVERYONE that is signed up.  When you responds to a message that someone sends via the listserv, your reply gets sent to EVERYONE who signed up.  Therefore, if you want to just respond to one person, you will need to change the To: field when you respond.  Questions?  E-mail the web editor!

If you would ever want to unsubscribe from the listserv, you would want to send a blank e-mail to ogt_ocss-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com.