Student Learning Data

1. Student Learning Data The Three R’s: Requirements, Recommendations & Resources

4. 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

5. 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)

6. 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)

7. 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)

8. Requirements:Student Learning Data Definition • Measurable gains • Knowledge, understanding, and skills • Objective, empirical, and valid • Standardized and non-standardized • Statewide tests, when approved 4 AAC 19.099 (2-4,6 & 7) 4 AAC 04.205 (e)(3)

9. 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)

10. Student Learning Data 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)

11. Recommendations:What was considered… Value-added & Student Growth Percentiles 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 • Difficult to explain • Limited to tested grades and subjects • Limited to standardized assessments • Disconnected

12. 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.

13. 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

14. Recommendations:SLOs – What do they look like? • Student Population • Interval of Instruction • Standard • Assessment • Baseline/Trend Data • Student Targets

15. Recommendations:SLOs – Who will be responsible? • Type 1 • Set by teacher or teacher team using available assessments • Type 2 • Set by teacher or teacher team using assessment list or ranking • Type 3 • Set by teacher or teacher team using common assessments • Type 4 • Set by local education agency using common assessments and common growth targets Increasing Teacher Agency Increasing SLO Comparability 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.

16. Recommendations:Getting Started with SLOs Use existing assessments that educators already consider reasonable, creditable and consistent. Avoid the valid & reliable swamp

17. 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)

18. Recommendations:Pilot Year SY2014-2015 • Take advantage of the 2014-2015 school year’s no-stakes environment • Build & pilot the student learning component of your evaluation system • Present the pilot as a professional development opportunity for your teachers and administrators

19. Additional Recommendations: Frequently Asked Questions

20. Resources: District-Level • Culture of Collaboration • Access toStudent Data • Assessment Inventory • SMART Goals • Assessment Literacy • Data Informed Decision Making

21. Resources: Templates • SLO Template • SLO Class Roster • Assessment Assurance Quality Checklist • SLO Checklist

22. EED Contact Information Sondra Meredith, Administrator sondra.meredith@alaska.gov (907) 465-8663