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Race to the Top (RTTT) and the New York State Regents Reform Agenda
Working to Make Sense of the SLO’s: Professional Sharing
Dr. Timothy T. Eagen
Assistant Superintendent for Instruction & Curriculum South Huntington UFSD
Dr. Joan Ripley
Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction
Farmingdale Public Schools May 22, 2012
The BIG Picture: 3 Components of the Race To The Top (RTTT) Initiative
The perfect storm!
Common Core ELA & Math Standards College and Career Readiness Data Driven Instruction (DDI) Great Teachers & Leaders
5 District Decisions (recommended by NYSED 5/31/2012)
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Assess and identify district priorities and academic needs.
Identify who will have State-provided growth measures and who must have SLOs as “comparable growth measures.” Determine district rules for how specific SLOs will get set.
Establish expectations for scoring SLOs and for determining teacher ratings for the growth component.
Determine district-wide processes for setting, reviewing, and assessing SLOs in schools.
3/01 4/16 5/31 Note: These dates are recommended so NTI participants are prepared for their training sessions.
www.engageNY.org
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Begin with the End in Mind
APPR Item
Growth (state provided or SLOs) Local assessments Other multiple measures of effectiveness
Points
20 (25 under value-added) 20 (15 under value added) 60 At least 31 points must be based on observations, at least one of which must be unannounced.
• • • • On the teacher side, any remaining points shall be based on the following: Obs. by independent evaluators Obs. by in-school peer teachers Feedback from students and/or parents Review of lesson plans, student portfolios and/or other teacher artifacts
Scoring or HEDI Bands
Need to be cautious in setting up point ranges.
The Key: It is all about BALANCE!
Achievement vs. performance Growth vs. proficiency Complexity vs. fairness Leadership opportunity vs. disaster Change vs. status quo
Complexity vs. Fairness
Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) Data driven instruction Who needs SLOs and how many are needed?
Who is going to do the work (crunch the numbers)?
How will data be stored and growth/local scores calculated? Do we need a new data tool?
How can we make this manageable at the building level? Who can help support us?
Complexity vs. Fairness
Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) based on:
State assessments
State approved list of 3 rd party assessments District, regional or BOCES-developed assessments (district of BOCES verifies comparability and rigor… to the extent possible)
School or BOCES-wide, group or team results based on State assessments
Leadership Opportunity vs. Disaster
District/school priorities
“Assess and identify district priorities and academic needs.”
A chance to align with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and the most important learning for each course Formulate an overall plan that allows this all to be manageable
SLO Required Elements
Population Learning Content Evidence Baseline Target(s) HEDI Criteria Rationale (see handouts for a detailed description of each element)
SLO “Rules”
SED provided examples (Global II & 7 th Grade Visual Arts) Template (visit engageNY.org or www.liascd.org) Conversion table (converts % meeting target to score out of 20 points) How many SLOs does a teacher need? (50% rule) Teachers without a state supplied growth measure need at least one SLO. Start with the courses taught with the highest enrollment. If this covers >=50% of students, then only 1 SLO is needed. Otherwise, a second or third SLO would be needed until >=50% of students are covered.
References, guides, and “helps” http://engageny.org/resource/student-learning-objectives/
It All Boils Down to Points
How will evaluators determine what range of student performance “meets” the goal (effective) versus “well below” (ineffective), “below” (developing), and “well above” (highly effective)?
HIGHLY EFFECTIVE
20 19 18 17 16 15
EFFECTIVE
14
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12 11 10 9 8 7
DEVELOPING
6 5 4 3
INEFFECTIVE
2 1 0
Rigorous Target
The Task
Work in groups at your tables Choose
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the Global II or 7 th NYSED example SLO Grade Fine Arts Discuss the essential questions (next slide) and how they relate to the chosen SLO Apply the SLO Analytic Rubric to the chosen SLO Be pared to share any “ah hah” or “OMG” moments with the larger group Q&A
Essential Questions for Discussion
A. How many assessments should students take?
B. How are district priorities reflected in the SLO process?
C. How are SLO targets set and met?
D. What is the difference between performance and written assessments?
E. How can SLO assessments be tied to standards?
Questions and Discussion
Additional Thoughts
With SLOs, less is more Build district/school priorities into the system Aggregate groups and grade levels where possible Build teamwork into the system Put the data ownership into the hands of the teachers Helpful Links: http://engageny.org/ School Leadership 2.0 (APPR/SLO Best Practice and Sharing Discussions) http://www.ocmboces.org/teacherpage.cfm?teacher=1518 http://www.LIASCD.org