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State Audit Finds 10 Ohio Colleges Not in Alignment with Science of Reading Requirements
Ten Ohio colleges failed to fully comply with the 2023 phonics-based Science of Reading law and must correct course within one year or risk losing accreditation.
- On Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine unveiled a state audit that found 10 of the 48 educator preparation programs were not in alignment with the new reading law.
- A 2023 state law mandating the Science of Reading required educator preparation programs to comply by Jan. 1, 2025, and tasked the Ohio Department of Higher Education with auditing all programs.
- Using 73 audit metrics, auditors examined syllabi, textbooks, slide decks, assignments, visited campuses, observed classes and interviewed educators to score programs as In Alignment, Partial Alignment, or Not in Alignment.
- Institutions now face a one-year deadline from Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, to align with the law or the Chancellor of Higher Education will revoke their reading/literacy educator preparation program approval.
- Several prominent universities—including Cleveland State University, The Ohio State University, Ohio University and University of Toledo—met at least 71 of 73 metrics but are updating materials, with ODHE optimistic they will comply next year.
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Ohio audit: Cleveland State, nine other universities not compliant with ‘science of reading’ law
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A new state audit has found that 10 colleges and universities – including many of Ohio’s largest institutions of higher learning – aren’t following a new state law to train future educators only in the phonics-based “science of reading” method of teaching kids to read.
·Cleveland, United States
Read Full ArticleUT, BGSU found noncompliant in state science of reading audit
COLUMBUS — The University of Toledo and Bowling Green State University are among the 10 schools found to be out of compliance with Ohio’s science of reading law in their educator preparation programs.
·Toledo, United States
Read Full ArticleOhio audits colleges for science of reading standards
·Cherokee County, United States
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