Ohio Graduation Test - Columbus Public Schools

The class of 2007 is the first senior class that had to pass the OGT in order to graduate; the five sections measure a student’s knowledge in reading, math, writing, science and social studies. Student’s will retake the OGT next week; state law requires that these student’s must have completed at least 10 hours of tutoring to be able to take the test.

234 Columbus Public School seniors signed up for tutoring to help them pass that last section or two of the OGT.

Nearly one in 10 Columbus Public Schools high school seniors, 269 student’s could not graduate with their classmates in June, because they had failed to pass one or more sections of the Ohio Graduation Test, even though they had met other graduation requirements.

At East, 30 of the 137 seniors fell into that category, or about 21 percent of the class. These students’s hope the tutoring will ensure passing the OGT next week.