1. EVALUATIONS & STUDENT GROWTH MEASURES 4-2-2014 GARDNER EDGERTON SCHOOL DISTRICT, GARDNER, KS BILL BAGSHAW, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

2. FEDERAL WAIVER - PRINCIPLE 3 SUPPORTING EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION AND LEADERSHIP Implement teacher and principal evaluation and support systems that: 1.Are used for continual improvement of instruction 2.Use at least 3 performance levels 3.Use multiple measures including student growth as significant factor 4.Are used to evaluate on a regular basis 5.Provide clear, timely, and useful feedback 6.Are used to inform personnel decisions

3. EVALUATIONS UPDATE July 2014 As of July 7, 2014, all 286 D2 Assurance Online Forms have been submitted. All D2 Assurance Online Forms were due on March 1, 2014. Please continue to complete. All evaluations systems to be used in Kansas for 2014- 2015 have been posted to the Evaluations webpages. Student Growth Measures Online Forms are now posted and available to complete on the Kansas Evaluation website. These forms will be completed by principals. The forms will be available throughout the school year and can be redone/updated as needed. On June 30 th, a data snapshot was taken of SGMs to be used in Kansas for 2014-2015. This data snapshot will be reported within the first evaluations annual report.

4. THINGS TO KNOW

5. STUDENT GROWTH MEASURES: Kansas school districts will include student growth as a significant factor in the evaluation of classroom teachers and building leaders. Student growth measures will document the specific amount of student growth attributable to the teacher or building leader between two or more identified points in time. Multiple measures of student growth (more than one) must be met before an educator can be rated as effective or highly effective or the equivalent. State assessments are one possible measure and are a required measure for all grade levels and content areas that give them. Commercially purchased assessments and locally developed performance assessments may also be used.

6. KSDE GUIDANCE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS: LEAs should use the commercially purchased and locally developed student growth measures they currently have. State assessments are required as given. All grade levels across schools in a single district are advised to use the same measures. Local performance assessments should be collaboratively designed, reviewed and used across the district with strict adherence to an inter- rater agreement. Student Growth Objectives (SGOs) or Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) are to be developed by collaborative districtwide teams.

7. NEXT STEPS: All districts will identify student growth measures to be used and provide them to the KSDE (in a format to be determined) by June 30, 2014. “Default lists” of student growth measures for elementary schools, middle schools and high schools (for LEA reference) were posted on the web pages May 1, 2014

8. 2014 - 2015 ALL EVALUATIONS

9. KANSAS FINAL SUMMATIVE EVALUATION RATING Three Student Growth Measures Chosen Instructional Practice Protocol FINAL Summative Evaluation Rating IPP SUMMARY RATING SGMs SUMMARY RATING

11. MATRIX WORKS WITH OR WITHOUT PERCENTAGES

12. DEFAULT LIST OF SGMS Elementary - http://community.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid=5929http://community.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid=5929 Middle School - http://community.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid=5930 High School - http://community.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid=5931http://community.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid=5930http://community.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid=5931

13. CRITERIA LIST FOR SELECTING OR CREATING A STUDENT GROWTH MEASURE ARE: A.Common assessments must be created in consultation with a school administrator with expertise in assessments, special education, ELL specialist and content expert. B.Assessments cover all key subject/grade level content standards. C.Number of test items should correlate to distribution of % of time spent teaching the content. D.Assessments should require higher order thinking as appropriate. E.Assessments should allow high and low achieving students to demonstrate their knowledge. F.Assessments should measure accurately what it is designed to measure and produce similar results for students with similar levels of ability.

14. QUESTIONS Bill Bagshaw, Assistant Director KSDE – TLA bbagshaw@ksde.org 785-296-2198 Kayeri Akweks, EPC KSDE – TLA kakweks@ksde.org 785-296-5140