Transcript Student Learning Targets

STUDENT LEARNING
TARGETS
Information for school leaders and teachers
regarding the process of creating
Student Learning Targets.
What is a Student Learning Target (SLT)?
• A student learning target (SLT) is a measurable goal for
student achievement over a given period of time.
• SLTs should be driven by baseline data on where students are
performing.
• SLTs should be aligned with the appropriate standards for the
course.
• SLTs should be measurable by a pre-determined assessment.
Four Components of a Quality SLT
• RATIONALE FOR SLT
What are the critical learning objectives, the content standards aligned to those
objectives, and the assessment plan to be used in measuring student growth.
• STUDENT LEARNING TARGET
Clear statement of the statistical projection of student growth in meeting a preestablished goal.
• BASELINE DATA
Information about the target audience gathered by the teacher to establish the
performance/skills/achievement levels at the beginning of the year as relates to
the critical learning objectives.
• SCORING PLAN AND ACHIEVEMENT RANGE
Clear statement of the ranges of achievement that demonstrate the teacher’s
impact on students meeting a pre-established goal.
What else should I know about SLTs?
• An SLT is not a compilation of everything you teach in your class.
• An SLT does not need to include every student that you teach.
• An SLT focuses on one or more critical learning objectives within the full
range of what students are expected to learn.
• There must be a valid rubric that determines proficiency of the student.
• There should also be a gathering of evidence of student progress over
time (body of evidence) between the initial assessment and final
assessment or aggregation of final results.
Who Writes an SLT?
• LDOE requires all teachers, counselors and librarians to write two
student learning targets each year.
• The student growth component of the evaluation for Non-VAM teachers
(70% of all teachers) will be based on Student Learning Targets (SLTs).
• The student growth component for the evaluation for VAM teachers
(30% of all teachers) comes from VAM.
• Teachers using the VAM model are required to write SLTs as LDOE
sees SLT writing as a best practice and a back up student growth
component.
Who is the Target Audience of the SLT?
• Teachers may set targets focused on an entire class/a specific subject/a cohort or
their lowest performing students.
• The target audience is not necessarily every student taught by the teacher.
• The teacher and evaluator may collaboratively select a grade level or subject as
the target audience so long as the grade level or subject is representative of a
cross-section of all student taught by the teacher.
How is the SLT rated ?
• Rating the SLT (End of Year)
• Evaluators assign teachers a final rating based on students’ progress
towards target, using the agreed upon definitions of effectiveness from
the beginning of the year
Insufficient Attainment of Target (1)
Partial Attainment of Target (2)
Full Attainment of Target (3)
Exceptional Attainment of Target (4)
Formula for Achievement Ranges
Sample Based on 60 Students and
70% Achieving Target Goals
Insufficient Attainment is any result below Partial Attainment. (1 point)
32 or fewer students out of the 60 students in the target audience
Partial Attainment is a range from 10-15% below the target to just below the actual
SLT. (2 points)
33-41 students out of the 60 students in the target audience
START HERE: Full Attainment is a range from the actual SLT up to 10-15% above
the target. (3 points)
70% of 60 students - 42-51 students out of the 60 students in the target audience.
Exceptional Attainment is any result above the Full Attainment range. This range
should represent more than a year’s worth of growth. (4 points)
52 or more students out of the 60 students in the target audience.
Guidance on Target Audience and
Percentage for Achievement Range
• The “target audience” should represent no less than 35% of the
students taught by the teacher.
• The teacher should project no less than 70% of the target audience
as “achieving the goals outlined in the SLT.”
• The teacher and evaluator may cooperatively establish lower
percentages for the “target audience” and/or percentage “achieving
the SLT goal” based on unique circumstances of the teacher’s
assignment or student population.
Achievement Range Calculator
• Their is an excel calculator to assist teachers and evaluators in
establishing (and confirming) achievement ranges for SLTs.
• Enter into the left hand column the number in the target
audience.
• Enter into the next column the percentage projected to be
proficient (minimum of 70%)
• The calculator will the give you the achievement ranges for
your SLT
Writing Process
• Collaborate with other teachers at your school (or district) teaching the same
grade and subject.
• Look at samples written by peers.
• Do a draft on the template provided.
• Don’t rush. It make take several attempts to feel good about what you have
written.
• Have a peer or supervisor review for support when you feel good about what
you have written. (District and School Level Support System.)
• Consult with your evaluator to insure you are on the same page. This should
done at the beginning of the process as well as near the end of the process.
• Repeat the process for writing a 2nd SLT.
• Refine and polish your final product.
Acknowledgments
• Adapted from an PowerPoint from Pat Deaville from
Calcasieu Parish