While 22.5 % of a teacher's evaluation will be based on state standardized tests (CMT and CAPT)-- or other standardized tests for
non-tested subjects and grades — the «other» 22.5 % was (and still is) in dispute.
A Tool that provides a framework for evaluating the quality of an SLO and serves as a companion to the SLO Rubric: SLO Review Tool Considerations for Analyzing Educators» Contributions to Student Learning in
Non-tested Subjects and Grades with a focus on Student Learning Objectives This paper discusses the many challenges of measuring student academic growth for teacher evaluations in
non-tested subjects and grades, while offering potential solutions for incorporating student performance results in these evaluations.
Not exact matches
◦ Student achievement
and growth as measured by the statewide assessment
and other measures for
non-tested grades and subjects.
She has consulted on the design of innovative assessments, including those for Career Technical Education; generated papers summarizing current practices related to the evaluation of educators in
non-tested grades and subjects,
and supported individual states
and consortia in drafting detailed Requests for Proposal (RFPs).
For
non-tested grades and subjects, we are looking at a number of states
and large urban districts like Memphis, Washington, D.C.,
and New Haven.
As the foundation of this initiative, SLOs are being used to measure teacher practice
and student academic growth in both tested
and non-tested grades and subjects.
CTAC also shares expertise with states
and districts on developing growth measures in both tested
and non-tested grades and subject areas for teacher evaluation systems.
Insisting upon keeping annual testing of every student in every
grade keeps an unnecessarily disruptive system in place as part of an accountability system that, in fifteen years, has not yielded sufficient results to justify the sacrifices in teacher autonomy over instruction
and the sacrifices in
non-tested subjects being shunted aside in favor of test preparation.
Lower the weight of student achievement growth for teachers in
non-tested grades and subjects from 25 percent to 15 percent;
Pryor has been a presenter for the Tennessee Organization of School Superintendents, serves in the Tennessee Teacher Leadership Collaborative for SCORE (State Collaborative on Reforming Education), serves as a coach for the Tennessee Department of Education's Teacher Leader Cohort,
and serves on the Tennessee Department of Education steering committee for Alternate Portfolio Assessment in
non-tested grades and subjects.
Currently 35 percent of an educator's evaluation is comprised of student achievement data based on student growth; • Lower the weight of student achievement growth for teachers in
non-tested grades and subjects from 25 percent to 15 percent; • And make explicit local school district discretion in both the qualitative teacher evaluation model that is used for the observation portion of the evaluation as well as the specific weight student achievement growth in evaluations will play in personnel decisions made by the distri
and subjects from 25 percent to 15 percent; •
And make explicit local school district discretion in both the qualitative teacher evaluation model that is used for the observation portion of the evaluation as well as the specific weight student achievement growth in evaluations will play in personnel decisions made by the distri
And make explicit local school district discretion in both the qualitative teacher evaluation model that is used for the observation portion of the evaluation as well as the specific weight student achievement growth in evaluations will play in personnel decisions made by the district.
This publication describes the options that State education agencies
and / or local educational agencies have when taking into account student growth in
non-tested grades and subjects as part of their teacher
and principal evaluation systems.