Legal Issues in Evaluation System Reform

Council of Chief State School Officers State Consortium on Educator Effectiveness Webinar February 12, 2013

Webinar Logistics

   Circe Stumbo will be moderating Everyone is muted Use the chat function to make a comment or ask a question  You may chat privately with individuals on your team  If you have problems, you may send Naz Rajput a message via the chat function or an email at [email protected]

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Welcome

 Janice Poda, CCSSO  Initiative Director Education Workforce

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Presenters

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Robin Gelinas-Berkley

EducationCounsel Senior Policy Advisor 

Kate Lipper

EducationCounsel Policy and Legal Advisor

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Presenters

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Terri Taylor

EducationCounsel 

Laura Goe

Center for Great Teachers and Leaders

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Presenters

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Paul Katnik

 Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 

Karen Butterfield

 Arizona Department of Education

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Disclaimers (This is a webinar on legal issues, after all!)

 CCSSO and our presenters are not offering legal advice  This presentation should not be considered as advocacy for any specific state legislation or action  No state should rely solely on the opinions expressed during this webinar and the follow-up communications

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Legal Developments Since December 2011

 What are major legal developments regarding educator evaluation systems since our December 2011 webinar?  What developments do you anticipate?

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Student Growth in Tested Grades and Subjects

 How important is roster verification?

 Might states face challenges related to the instructional sensitivity of standardized exams? The validity of VAMs?  What are the implications of using last year’s VAM scores for the current year’s teacher evaluation?

 Are there legal implications if states want to measure status in addition to growth?

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Student Growth in Non-Tested Grades and Subjects

 What are the legal ramifications for states that use data from standardized tests to evaluate teachers in non-tested grades and subjects?

 Might the comparability of Student Learning Objectives’ (SLOs’) rigor across classrooms in non-tested grades and subjects lead to legal challenges? What about the validity/reliability of teacher- or locally developed assessments?

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Observation Data

 What are past or potential legal challenges related to the use of observation data in evaluation systems?  How can states mitigate challenges?

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State Support for LEAs

 What is the state’s legal exposure to challenges to locally-developed evaluation systems?

 How can a state provide greater legal cover for its LEAs as they design (where applicable), implement, and use new systems of educator evaluation?

 What responsibility does the state (or district) have to ensure that locally-selected measures and instruments are valid?

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Upcoming Convenings

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Monthly SCEE Webinars in 2013

 2 nd Tuesday of every month 2-3 pm EST, live chat from 3-3:30 pm EST  Next:

3/12/13, Student Learning Objectives

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SCEE Topical Meeting

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Leveraging Professional Learning to Increase Principal Effectiveness

February 14-15, 2013, Baltimore, Maryland

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Upcoming Convenings

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3rd Annual National Summit on Educator Effectiveness

 Louisville, KY April 10-12, 2013 Team leads convene April 9

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30 Minute Audio Q&A

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