1 MA new Educator Evaluation Framework #2 MCAS Growth Scores as a starting point for self-assessment...

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MA new Educator Evaluation Framework

#2MCAS Growth Scores as a

starting point for self-assessment and goal setting

Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

July, 2011

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Intended OutcomesParticipants will: Understand what MCAS Growth Scores are and

what they can tell us about student learning gains.

Learn how one district has used MCAS Growth Scores to assess practice and develop goals.

Have a starting point for planning how to use MCAS Growth Scores in ways that will support effective self-assessment and goal setting.

Have a basis to give ESE useful, informed feedback to guide our efforts to support districts to make effective use of self-assessment and goal setting in their evaluation systems.

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Agenda

Context for MCAS within the new framework

MCAS Growth Scores: a primer

MCAS Growth Scores: a case study MCAS Growth Scores: tool for self-assessment

MCAS Growth Scores: tool for goal-setting

Goal Setting

Next Steps

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Context for MCAS within the Framework

“MCAS Growth”

= “Student Growth Percentile

Scores”

We’ve had MCAS Growth Scores since 2008

All 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 10th grade students who have taken MCAS in the prior grade

ELA Score separate from Math Score

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A 5-Step Evaluation Cycle35.06

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Self-assessment35.06(2)

Individual and/or Group

Based on:

Professional standards & indicatorsDistrict & school prioritiesAn analysis of multiple measures of

learning and growth of my/our students in the past

An analysis of the students I/we have now

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Goal Setting35.06(3)(a-c)

Educator and Evaluator must consider team, grade, or department goals

Educator proposes; supervisor determines

At least:One goal for professional practiceOne goal for student learning, growth and

achievement

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1. Measures of student progress on classroom assessments that are aligned with the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks, Vocational-Technical Curriculum Frameworks, or other relevant frameworks and are comparable within grades or subjects in a school;

2. Measures of student progress on learning goals set between the educator and evaluator for the school year;

3. State-wide growth measure(s) where available, including the MCAS Student Growth Percentile and the Massachusetts English Proficiency Assessment (MEPA); and

4. District-determined measure(s) of student learning comparable across grade or subject district-wide.

“Multiple Measures of Student Learning” 35.07(1)(a)(1-4)

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Rating Impact on Student Learning

35.09 Only a subset of “multiple measures” count in

rating impact:MCAS Growth and MEPA gains, when available “District-determined measures”

Examine “trends” and “patterns”

Assign a rating:– High impact – Moderate impact (“one year’s growth”)– Low impact

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Linking Impact on Learning and Practice

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Agenda





Goal Setting

Next Steps

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MCAS Growth to Grade 7: Three Students

230 230

200

220

240

260

280

Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7

MCAS

ELA

sca

led s

core

Advanced

Proficient

Needs Improvement

Warning/Failing

80 to 99

60 to 79

40 to 59

20 to 39

1 to 19

SGP

Gina

230

35%

65%

SGPs between 40 to 59 are typical

2006 2007 2008

source: www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/growth/

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248 248

200

220

240

260

280


MCAS

ELA

sca

led s

core

Advanced

Proficient

Needs Improvement

Warning/Failing

Growth to Grade 7: Three Students

Harry

244

25%

75%

2006 2007 2008


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214 214

200

220

240

260

280


MCAS

ELA

sca

led s

core

Advanced

Proficient

Needs Improvement

Warning/Failing


Ivy

2268%

92%

2006 2007 2008

15

248 248

230230

214214

200

220

240

260

280


MCAS

ELA

sca

led s

core

Advanced

Proficient

Needs Improvement

Warning/Failing


Gina, Harry, and Ivy

Harry

Gina

Ivy

2006 2007 2008


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92226214214Ivy

25244248248Harry

35230230230Gina

SGP2008

Grade 72008

Grade 62007

Grade 52006

English language arts


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Median Student Growth Percentile

Last name SGP

Lennon 6

McCartney 12

Starr 21

Harrison 32

Jagger 34

Richards 47

Crosby 55

Stills 61

Nash 63

Young 74

Joplin 81

Hendrix 88

Jones 95

Imagine that the list of students to the left are all the students in your 6th grade class. Note that they are sorted from lowest to highest SGP.

The point where 50% of students have a higher SGP and 50% have a lower SGP is the median.Median SGP for the 6th grade

class


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Agenda





Goal Setting

Next Steps

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Challenging a Level 4 School

Median Student Growth PercentileEnglish Language Arts

200820092010

Murkland 26.5 22.5 22.0Lincoln 55.0 66.5 68.0Sokolovsky 67.0 71.074.0

source: www.doe.mass.edu/sda/dart

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Agenda





Goal Setting

Next Steps

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A 5-Step Evaluation Cycle

2222Lowell Public Schools


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Lowell Public SchoolsGrade 6 Mathematics • 2008 Growth

SOURCE: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

30%

29%

24%

4%

9%

7%

5%

4%

14%

20%

26%

27%

26%

13%

15%

13%

14%

17%

2%

18%

20%

22%

22%

21%

28%

21%

22%

19%

17%

11%

21%

20%

13%

16%

19%

22%

27%

25%

30%

21%

13%

21%

20%

9%

6%

10%

33%

28%

33%

32%

41%

74%

26%

20%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

RogersRobinson

ButlerBartlett

WangSullivan

StoklosaDaleyPyne

DISTRICTSTATE

Research Testing and Assessment - Lowel l Publ ic Schools

very low low moderate high very high



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Other measures that can help Stoklosa staff assess impact on student learning

and growth

Massachusetts English Proficiency Assessment (MEPA)

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - District math benchmark assessmentsDistrict-adopted curriculum-embedded

performance assessment

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Agenda





Goal Setting

Next Steps

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A 5-Step Evaluation Cycle

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Attributes of a Useful Goal

Specific and StrategicMeasurable and Monitored Action oriented and Agreed uponRealistic and Results oriented

Timed and Tracked

- Dr. Edward W. Costa II, Lenox Public Schools

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Goal Setting35.06(3)(a,c)

Educator and Evaluator must consider team, grade, or department goals

At least:One goal for professional practiceOne goal for student learning, growth and

achievement

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SMART GoalsMiddle School Principal

• Professional practice goal: I will complete 100% of goal setting conferences with my teaching teams by October 15th; seek anonymous feedback about staff perceptions of their usefulness; study effective goal setting with my colleagues; and identify steps to take in our mid-year formative assessment conferences with each team to improve the likelihood that their practice and student growth goals will be achieved.

• Student learning goal: The proportion of students with “high” or “very high” SGP will increase by 5% points in both ELA and Math.

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Agenda





Goal Setting

Next Steps

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SMART Goals8th Grade Social Studies Teacher

• Professional practice goal: To improve expository writing, middle school social studies teachers will study the “workshop process” for writing, observe it in practice, and introduce it in at least two of my classes by the start of second term.

• Student learning goal: At the end of the third quarter unit on the constitution, students will demonstrate proficiency by writing a pamphlet for new citizens about their constitutional rights. Using a department-developed rubric, a majority of my students will have moved one level on the writing component of the rubric since the end of the first term.

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SMART GoalsMiddle School Music Teacher

• Professional Practice goal: I will collaborate with my colleagues in the music department to develop, pilot, analyze, revise and share 2 performance-based assessments.

• Student Learning goal: My students will be able to identify and apply music terms, symbols and definitions in the curriculum guide for 6th, 7th and 8th grade. Using a department-developed assessment, 75% of my students will score 85% or above on the third quarter assessment.

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SMART Goals10th Grade Geometry Teacher

• Professional practice goal: To engage students more, starting second term, we will incorporate at least one real-world application of geometry into 2 of every 5 homework assignments.

• Student learning goal: 10% more of our students will score 80% or above on the district-developed third quarter exam.

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SMART goalsStoklosa’s 7th grade team

• Professional Practice goal: I/We will…

• Student Learning goal: My/Our students will…

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Agenda





Goal Setting

Next Steps

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