The Law and You!

1. The Law and You! Including Student Growth in Teacher Evaluations

2. 2010 • evals and stu.gr.* • established PEAC** • implementation dates*** • 2011 • RiFs, tenure, training, col.bar./strikes PERA & SB7 *next slide • **advisory council of stakeholders • ***for us 2016-2017

3. Student growth must be a significant factor* in teacher evaluation. • PERA, Sec. 24A-5(c) • *significant factor = 30%... • Student growth is a • demonstrable change in a • student’s or group of students’ • knowledge or skills, as evidenced by • gain and/or attainment • on two or more assessments, • between two or more points in time. • Illinois Administrative Code, • Part 50, Sub. A, Sec. 50.30 Student Growth

4. attainment • simple growth • adjusted growth • value added *need 2 data points *factors and fairness •  “valid, reliable, & rigorous” Growth Models

5. Three types of assessment outlined in the law (I , II, III) Types of Assessment

6. Type I = created and scored externally • examples: MAP, PARCC In other words… Type II = created externally, scored internally AIMSweb, ISAT… examples: “collaboratively created,” curriculum tests, textbook tests Type III = created and scored internally examples: teacher-created tests, student portfolios, assessments of student performance

7. Student growth is a • demonstrable change in a • student’s or group of students’ • knowledge or skills, as evidenced by • gain and/or attainment • on two or more assessments, • between two or more points in time. • Illinois Administrative Code, • Part 50, Sub. A, Sec. 50.30 • Everyone needs TWO assessments. • I or II + III • if no I or II is available then two type IIIs* Types of Assessment, cont. • *can delay second type III until second year of implementation • ISBE 23 IL Ad Code 50.110 (p.12)

8. PEAC (and others) recommend the SLO model for developing Type III assessments. Type IIIs

9. What are SLO's? Student Learning Objectives (SLO's) are detailed, measurable goals for student academic growth to be achieved in a specific period of time (typically an academic year). “A detailed process used to organize evidence of student growth over a specified period of time.” – ISBE SLO webinar

10. Key Characteristics of an SLO* • Target Population • Which students will you target in the SLO? • Expected Growth Targets • What is your specific target, or goal, for student growth? Are goals different for different student populations, based on starting points? • Time Span • What is the timeframe for the SLO? (typically a semester or a year) • Instructional Strategies • What instructional strategies will you employ to support this SLO? How will you modify strategies based on student progress? Baseline Data and Rationale What are student needs? What baseline data did you review and what did it demonstrate? What are student starting points? Learning Goal What should students know and be able to do at the end of your course? How does this goal align to content standards? Assessments and Scoring How will you measure the learning goal? How will you collect data, monitor, and score final student outcomes? • * Derived from ISBE SLO Guidebook and Template

11. Think in terms of a Learning Goal: connect to standards, • use Danielson for ideas… • Decide on an assessment. • According to IL Ad. Code 50 an assessment is • any instrument that measures a student’s • acquisition of specific knowledge and skills. • assessments = “tests, portfolios, performance tasks” Developing an SLO • Think about expectations and scoring, use baseline data.

12. Make a goal this year of exploring the process. Develop an SLO and work on identifying/creating/piloting aType III assessment. Want to try?

13. http://www.isbe.net/peac/ What’s new? >>BalancedAssessment>> SLO docs manyresources (ex. specialed…) http://www.isbe.net/PERA/default.htm Overview, implementation dates References and Resources • http://www.isbe.net/rules/archive/pdfs/50ARK.pdf • Details about types, definitions of terms http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/pdf/096-0861.pdf Full text of PERA law http://edanalytics.org/ http://varc.wceruw.org/tutorials/Oak/index.htm Information regarding growth models and data collection Oak Tree Analogy!