student learning data the three r’s: requirements, recommendations & resources 1
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Student Learning Data
The Three R’s: Requirements, Recommendations & Resources
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Objectives• Understand the regulatory requirements
applicable to the student learning data component
• Distinguish the recommendations concerning the student data component from the actual requirements
• Locate resources available for building awareness around the new requirements and developing a pilot for the student data component utilizing the recommendations
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Requirements:Student Learning Data
Supports the purpose of educator evaluation
Educator evaluation must provide information and analysis that…
• Helps the educator grow professionally• Improves the effectiveness of instruction• Relates to the future employment of the
educator 4 AAC 19.010(a)
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Requirements:Educator Engagement
Educators subject to the evaluation system must be consulted when establishing performance standards for student growth 4 AAC 04.205(e)(1)
When selecting the measures in a particular subject and grade level, educators who teach the subject and grade level or a related subject and grade level must be consulted 4 AAC 19.030(d)
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Requirements:Student Learning Data
Includes two to four measures of student growth per teacher or administrator 4 AAC 04.205(e)(2)
Uses data from the statewide, standard-based test as one measure, when and where appropriate 4 AAC 04.205(e)(3)
Insures students’ data are appropriately assigned to the educator 4 AAC 04.205(e)(5)
Required in administrator and teacher evaluations beginning in the 2015-2016 school year 4 AAC 19.030(d)
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Requirements:Student Learning Data Definition
Measurable gains
Knowledge, understanding, and skills
Objective, empirical, and valid
Standardized and non-standardized
Statewide tests, when approved4 AAC 19.099 (2-4,6 & 7) 4 AAC 04.205 (e)(3)
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Requirements:Overall Educator Rating
Beginning in the 2015-2016 school year, a district shall include student learning data in teacher and administrator’s overall rating according to the following schedule:
SY 2015‐16 & SY 2016‐17, at least 20% SY 2017‐18, at least 35%
SY 2018‐19 and after, at least 50%4 AAC 19.010(e)(2)
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What approaches are being used to incorporate student learning data into an educators evaluation?
• Value-Added Measure (VAM)
• Student Growth Percentiles (SGP)
• Student Learning Objectives (SLO)
Student Learning Data
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Recommendations:What was considered…
Value-added & Student Growth Percentiles
Difficult to explain
Limited to tested grades and subjects
Limited to standardized assessments
Disconnected
Student Learning Objectives
Understandable & values the educator’s knowledge & skill
Utilized by all teachers in all subjects and grades
Adaptable and collaborative
Connects teacher practice to student learning
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Recommendations:Student Learning Objectives (SLOs)
An SLO is a measurable, long-term, academic goal informed by available data that a teacher or teacher team sets at the beginning of the year for all students or for subgroups of students.
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Recommendations:SLOs – When & How?
Source: Lachlan-Haché, L., Cushing, E., & Bivona, L. (2012). Student learning objectives as measures of educator effectiveness: The basics. Washington, DC: American Institutes for Research. Retrieved from http://educatortalent.org/inc/docs/SLOs_Measures_of_Educator_Effectiveness.pdf
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• Student Population• Interval of Instruction• Standard• Assessment• Baseline/Trend Data• Student Targets
Recommendations:SLOs – What do they look like?
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Recommendations:SLOs – Who will be responsible?
Increasing Teacher Agency
Increasing SLO Comparability
Type 1Set by teacher or
teacher team using available
assessments
Type 2Set by teacher or
teacher team using assessment
list or ranking
Type 3Set by teacher or
teacher team using common
assessments
Type 4Set by local
education agency using common
assessments and common growth
targets
Image adapted from: Lachlan-Haché, L., Matlach, L., Cushing, E., Mean, M., & Reese, K. (2013). Student learning objectives: Early lessons from the Teacher Incentive Fund. Washington, DC: TIF TA Network.
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Avoid the valid & reliable swamp
Use existing assessments that educators already consider
reasonable, creditable and consistent.
Recommendations:Getting Started with SLOs
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Recommendations:Getting Started
• Engage educators at the beginning of the student data component development
• Whenever possible, use teams of educators to development SLOs (e.g. grade levels and subject areas)
• Use historical information and baseline data to establish rigorous, realistic targets
• One measure to pilot; two measures to start (version 1.0)
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Recommendations:Pilot Year SY2014-2015
• Build & pilot the student learning component of your evaluation system
• Present the pilot as a professional development opportunity for your teachers and administrators
Take advantage of the 2014-2015 school year’s no-stakes environment
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Additional Recommendations:Frequently Asked Questions
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Resources: District-Level
Culture of Collaboration
Access toStudent Data
Assessment Inventory
SMART Goals
Assessment Literacy
Data Informed Decision Making
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• SLO Template
• SLO Class Roster
• Assessment Assurance Quality Checklist
• SLO Checklist
Resources: Templates
