If passed, this will take what was the state's teacher evaluation system requirement that 20 % of an educator's evaluation be based on «locally
selected measures of achievement,» to a system whereas teachers» value - added as based on growth on the state's (Common Core) standardized test scores will be set at 50 %.
Not exact matches
and (ii) twenty percent shall be based on other locally
selected measures of student
achievement.
Tilles raises legitimate concerns about the use
of these tests — the quality
of the tests, their snapshot nature, the unintended consequences
of their being high stakes — but seems to forget that 20 %
of the teacher score comes from «locally -
selected measures of student
achievement» and that 60 %
of evaluation is based on «other
measures.»
In addition, the out -
of - level
achievement tests used by Talent Search programs have been
selected or designed as robust
measures, giving a more complete picture
of the gifted child's ability.
Instead
of relying on intelligence and
achievement test scores solely for identification, multiple criteria would be used, including more non-traditional
measures such as observing students interacting with a variety
of learning opportunities (Passow & Frasier, 1996) it is a belief
of many in the field
of gifted education that new conceptions
of giftedness and a new paradigm for identifying and
selecting students will help minority and disadvantaged students become more represented in gifted programs (VanTassel - Baska, Patton, & Prillaman, 1991; Ford, 1996).
The National Blue Ribbon Schools are
selected based on one
of two criteria: performance on state assessments, or in the case
of private schools, performance on national standardized tests; or schools with at least 40 percent
of students from disadvantaged backgrounds that raise
achievement as
measured by state assessments or national standardized tests.
Another 15 percent will be based on locally
selected measures of student
achievement, while the remaining 60 percent will depend on more qualitative
measures such as classroom observations.
As documented under Section 1115
of Title I, Part A
of the Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA), a local education agency receiving Title I funds «may use funds received under this part only for programs that provide services to eligible children under subsection (b) identified as having the greatest need for special assistance... Eligible children are children identified by the school as failing, or most at risk
of failing, to meet the State's challenging student academic
achievement standards on the basis
of multiple, educationally related, objective criteria established by the local educational agency and supplemented by the school, except that children from preschool through grade 2 shall be
selected solely on the basis
of such criteria as teacher judgment, interviews with parents, and developmentally appropriate
measures».
15 %
of the evaluation shall be based on other
measures of student
achievement selected from a list
of such
measures developed by the Committee.
Of those educators whose districts currently use these measures, half of the districts base 31 — 50 percent of their teacher evaluation on student achievement or data, with an equal percent selecting 31 — 40 percent or 41 — 50 percen
Of those educators whose districts currently use these
measures, half
of the districts base 31 — 50 percent of their teacher evaluation on student achievement or data, with an equal percent selecting 31 — 40 percent or 41 — 50 percen
of the districts base 31 — 50 percent
of their teacher evaluation on student achievement or data, with an equal percent selecting 31 — 40 percent or 41 — 50 percen
of their teacher evaluation on student
achievement or data, with an equal percent
selecting 31 — 40 percent or 41 — 50 percent.
NYSUT helped legislators draft language that allows state tests to count for 20 percent
of regulations, and another 20 percent should center on «other; locally
selected measures of student
achievement... and are developed locally in a manner consistent with procedures negotiated pursuant to the requirements
of article fourteen
of the civil service law.»
Four ASCD publications were also
selected as finalists for Distinguished
Achievement Awards in the 2010 Association
of Educational Publishers awards competition for top educational products: Education Update, the November 2009 «Multiple
Measures» issue
of Educational Leadership (in two categories), Advancing Formative Assessment in Every Classroom: A Guide for Instructional Leaders, and Rethinking Homework.