SGO Training Determining Starting Points & Setting SGOs October 11, 2013

Mom’s Advice O Do the best you can do. O Everything is going to be OK. O Change the things you can change. O Accept the things you have no control over. O Never let perfection get in the way of doing good work.

Core Values O Excellence - rigor O Hard Work – not easy O Integrity – self select O Respect – admin/teacher collaboration O Diversity – option to tier O Communication – PLCs

SGO Process Completed Steps Steps to be Completed O Baseline Data O SGO O Scoring Plan O Selected topic O Designed/selected an assessment

Completed in September

Rigorous and Achievable Target O Understand your assessment O Know your students’ starting points O Use your professional judgment

Multiple Measures When considering grouping and target scores, in addition to the pre-assessment, consider… O Initial tests (weekly, chapter, topic, etc.) O Prior grades O ASK scores O Conversations with previous teachers O Teaching experience 1 st Unit Test

Select # of Students to Include O Should I … O Use all my students? O Remove the outliers? O Select a subset of students? O Tier my students?

Target Score Method Option 1: Compare Overall Average Option 2: Individual Increase O Baseline and End of Year/Marking Period assessment O Reading Street O Fact Fluency O Digits O Vocabulary Test O Letter and Number ID O Financial Literacy O Chromatic Scales O Benchmark O DIBELS O F&P O Rubric O Writing O DBQ O Portfolio O Constructed Response O Motor Skill Development

Target Score Samples Option 2: Compare individual increase O 70 out of 100 on an end of year test O 40 out of 52 letters O Increase 1 point on the 6 point rubric O Increase by 3 levels on an F&P assessment Option 1: Compare overall average

GTPS Ratings 4321 >=90%80-89%70-79%Below 70 Samples Class of 16 students students students 12 students 0-11 students Class 0f 24 students students students students 0-16 students Team of 125 students students students students 0-86 students Class of 3 students 3 students 2 students 1 students 0 students

Option 1 - Simple

Option 2 - Simple ≥90% 80-89% 70-79% ≤70%

Option 1 - Tiered

Option 2 - Tiered

Completed by October 24

SGO Resources from the DOE O AchieveNJ/teacher/objectives.s html AchieveNJ/teacher/objectives.s html

Let’s Review After looking at initial data…. O Identify the pros/cons of simple vs tiered O Decide student groupings if using a tiered SGO O Select a rigorous and achievable target score

Next Steps O Complete your assessment O Look at additional data O Write the results of your baseline data O Select simple or tiered O Pick a target score or individual increase O Submit your form to your Principal by Oct. 24 th (or sooner if completed)

Final Thoughts O Continue doing what is effective for your students O Use or adapt assessments that are already in use O Support each other and collaborate

Questions/Comments Thank you!