Quantitative Measures: Measuring Student Learning September 2011

Core Values of TEAM  Providing educators with a system of frequent and constructive feedback will support continuous improvement among our educators and students.  Supporting teachers’ individual strengths and development needs will result in improved instruction and student learning.  Recognizing and learning from our most effective educators will improve instruction, recruitment, retention and training across the state.  Combining observation data with student data generates a complete view of a teacher’s effectiveness in the classroom. 2

The Overall Effectiveness Rating 3

50% Quantitative: Student Growth and Achievement 4  35% - Student Growth –Growth measure students’ progress between two points in time.  15% - Student Achievement –Achievement measures students’ performance at a single point in time and compares to a standard.

35% - Student Growth Measure 5 How do you measure growth?  The Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System (TVAAS) measures how much a student grows during the year compared to their projected growth. How do you project growth?  Value-added data uses multiple years of student achievement data to develop a “growth pattern.”  With this pattern, we can project where he/she should be at the end of the school year.

35% - Student Growth Measure 6  This student’s past performance provides enough data to “project” how much the student should grow this year.  The “value-added” measure is a comparison of the student’s projected growth to the actual growth.

35% - Student Growth Measure 7 What data will be used to measure student growth for me?  Teachers with individual TVAAS scores: TVAAS *  Teachers without TVAAS scores: –For the school year, a school-wide value-added measure will be used; in some cases this will be a composite based on the content area (i.e. literacy or math). –This year, TDOE is piloting other growth options to ensure that many teachers have an approved alternate option for the school year. –TDOE is committed to working with educators and experts across the state to develop alternate measures that are fair and high- quality. * Data from all tested grades and subjects taught by an individual teacher are combined into the individual TVAAS score.

35% - Student Growth Measure Growth Measure for teachers without individual TVAAS scores SubjectMeasure used in Evaluation Academic InterventionistsSchool-wide Overall, Literacy, or Math Value-added Composite Computer Technology* School-wide Value-added CTE**School-level Literacy or Math Value-added Composite ELLSchool-level Literacy Value-added Composite Fine ArtsSchool-wide Value-added Health-Wellness and PE**School-wide Value-added HS Core Non-Tested**School-wide Overall, Literacy or Math Value-added Composite Library Media Specialists*School-level Value-added Literacy Composite Special Education**School-wide Value-added School Services PersonnelSchool-wide Value-added World Languages**School-level Literacy Value-added Composite Early Grades**School-level Literacy and Math Value-added Composite For Pre-K to 2 nd Grade campuses, the school-wide value-added composite will come from feeder campuses *The development teams for these subject areas recommended the use of school-wide value-added as the growth measure. **Alternate measures are being piloted this year or are under development, for more information visit

How do you measure achievement?  The State Board of Education has approved several measures that can be used * : 9 15% - Student Achievement Measure ACT/SAT Assessments School-wide or Individual TVAAS National/State Used Available Assessments AP/IB/NIC Assessments Postsecondary Matriculation Graduation Rate/CTE Concentrator Graduation Rate Completion/Success in Advanced Coursework 9 th Grade Retention/Promotion Other Measures Approved by State Board * List of approved measures will be reviewed and revised each year.

 Each educator will meet with an evaluator by November 1 to select and scale the achievement measure.  During this conference, the educator and evaluator will: –Select an achievement measure.* –Choose ranges of outcomes that correspond to each effectiveness category (1-5) using student performance data that will be available by the end-of-the-year.* –Complete the Achievement Measures Worksheet % - Student Achievement Measure *For more information about approved measures and scaling achievement measures visit the TEAM web pages at

Student data in the effectiveness rating  Each evaluator and educator will have an end-of-year conference to discuss the observation scores as well as the outcomes of the selected Achievement Measure.  The growth data will be incorporated into the final rating when the data becomes available in June.  Teachers will be notified of the final rating over the summer.  The range of potential effectiveness ratings will be discussed at the end of year conference. 11