Mohawk Jr-Sr High School PSSA/PVAAS 2012

Act 82 – Teacher Evaluation Law Beginning in this applies to all teaching professionals (non-teaching professionals and principals will be included in ) 50% of overall rating will must include multiple measures of student performance 50% based on the new teacher evaluation model New ratings: o Distinguished o Proficient o Needs Improvement o Failing Does not apply to Charter Schools

Teacher Evaluation % 15%

County PSSA Data Student Achievement – Where are we? Correlated with demographic factors

District-Wide Math

Math – Grade 7

Math – Grade 8

Math – Grade 11

District-Wide Reading

Reading – Grade 7

Reading – Grade 8

Reading – Grade 11

Science - Grade 8

Science – Grade 11

What is PVAAS?

Achievement vs. Progress

PVAAS Growth Indicators

PVAAS Math

PVAAS Reading 4-8

PVAAS Grade 11 Math

PVAAS Grade 11 Reading

PVAAS Science

PVAAS Writing

PVAAS Projections What if you could know today who is most likely to be proficient this year? Or who is close to being proficient? Or who will need significant support? What supports can you provide? When/how? RTII

Projections for Grade 7 Math

Projections for Grade 7 Reading

Projections for Grade 8 Math

Projections for Grade 8 Reading

Student Projections See Handout

STEP 1: Log on to the PVAAS Website with user name and password. names: First.Last STEP 2: Under Reports Tab, Then under District Reports, Click on: Projection Summary (SINGLE TESTED GRADE)

Step 3: Under Grades tab, select the grade level the student was in last year. Step 4: Under the Projections tab, select the grade level the student is in this year, select the Subject, and the projection for Proficient. For students now in Grades 9, select Grade 11 subjects for Proficient.

This year’s AYP Math target increases from 78% to 89% Subgroups can be selected for further analysis (special ed, economically disadvantaged) In this chart, 83% of this year’s 7 th grade is predicted to be proficient if they receive one year of growth. Step 5: Clicking on the underlined numbers will bring up the names of students in each category.

STEP 6: Click on the Achievement Probability for any one student.

Student Projection