1. Provided by: pdepvaas@iu13.org PVAAS Statewide Team for PDE
1/29/2018
SY PIMS/Educator Effectiveness/PVAAS Teacher Specific Reporting Mini PPT for LEA Admin Use
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PVAAS Statewide Team for PDE
PVAAS Statewide Team for PDE

2. What is PVAAS teacher-specific reporting?
Estimates the effect of a teacher’s performance on the academic growth of a group of students.
Taking into account both their endpoint and their entering achievement level.
By concentrating on growth, PVAAS puts the emphasis on what educators can influence.
PVAAS teacher specific reporting estimates the effect of a teacher’s performance on the academic growth of a group of students.
PVAAS provides a measure of academic growth for students by taking into account both their endpoint and their entering achievement level.
By concentrating on growth, PVAAS puts the emphasis on what educators can influence.
For the first time in Pennsylvania teachers will have access to information regarding their influence on the academic progress of students.
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4. PILOT YEAR
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5. Counts Towards 1st 3 Year Avg.
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6. 1st PVAAS 3 Year Rolling Average in SY15-16
SY SY SY15-16=
1st PVAAS 3 Year Rolling Average in SY15-16
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7. Next PVAAS 3 Year Rolling Average in SY15-16
SY SY SY15-16=
Next PVAAS 3 Year Rolling Average in SY15-16
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8. Which Teachers?
A PA certified educator with full or partial responsibility for content specific instruction of the assessed eligible content as measured by a PA state assessment
Face to Face
Online Instruction
Questions?

9. PVAAS Teacher Reporting: Teachers in Which Tested Grades/Subjects/Courses?
PSSA: With/Without Accommodations (Not PASA)
Grades 4-8: Reading and Math
Grades 4 & 8: Science
Grades 5 & 8: Writing
Future: Transition into ELA Assessment
Courses Culminating in Keystone Exams: With/Without Accommodations
Algebra I
Literature
Biology
Approximately 30-40% of your teaching staff will be eligible for a PVAAS teacher specific score
Questions?

10. What is content-specific instruction?
Responsibility to plan the instruction of the assessed eligible content, provide the instruction of the assessed eligible content, and use the assessment information to evaluate the effectiveness of the instruction of the assessed eligible content on a PA state assessment.
Defined on the Framework for Teaching by both Domains 1 and 3:
Content specific instruction is a determination made locally by the LEA.
For the purpose of PVAAS teacher-specific reporting, content specific instruction occurs when a teacher has the responsibility to plan the instruction of the assessed eligible content, provide the instruction of the assessed eligible content, and use the assessment information to evaluate the effectiveness of the instruction of the assessed eligible content on a PA state assessment.
Content specific instruction is defined on the Framework for Teaching by both Domains 1 and 3:
Content specific instruction is a determination made locally by the LEA.
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11. Are special education teachers, intervention specialists, reading/math specialists, ESL teachers, and gifted teachers eligible for a PVAAS score?
Yes, if the teacher is responsible for Domains 1 & 3.
There may be more than one teacher planning, instructing, and assessing the students (i.e., co-teaching, team teaching).
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12. Are instructional coaches eligible for a PVAAS score?
If the role of the instructional coach is only to provide support and consultation to PA certified educator(s)/adults this does not meet the criteria for PVAAS teacher-specific reporting.
PVAAS teacher-specific reporting is provided to those who provide content specific instruction to the students. (Framework for Teaching, Domains 1 and 3)
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13. Ensuring Accurate Information: PVAAS Roster Verification
Provide PVAAS teacher specific reporting based on an accurate representation of a teacher’s responsibility and influence on the academic growth of students.
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14. Essential Linkages in PIMS
Make sure the right teachers are linked to the right students for the right proportion of instructional responsibility for the right tested grade/subject/course to yield PVAAS Teacher Reporting.
Teacher
Student
Proportion of Instructional Responsibility
Course & Grade/Subject
Questions?

15. New Terms: % Instructional Responsibility
% Student + Teacher Enrollment
Full or Partial % of Instruction
This % is your total Instructional Responsibility for a student.
This % reflects how much the student will be weighted in the PVAAS analyses.
The % Instructional Responsibility is calculated by multiplying the (% Student + Teacher Enrollment) by (Full or Partial % of Instruction).

16. From your LEA into PIMS

17. What is this process all about?
Teachers, school administrators and district administrators verifying data that is used to yield PVAAS teacher specific reporting– data that will ultimately be used as part of a teacher’s evaluation.
The PVAAS rosters are prepopulated from the PIMS Course/HQT submitted by LEAs to PIMS (Student, Staff, Course Templates)
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18. When is SY13-14 PVAAS Roster Verification?
April 28 – June 6
Verification Windows: Open and Close Dates
 LEA Pre-Step/Setup Window: 1 week
Teacher Window: 2 weeks
School Admin Window: 2 weeks
District Admin Window: 1 week
Hard Deadlines
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19. Questions to Ask
Have the LEA staff responsible for EE met with your LEA staff responsible for PIMS/SIS?
Has your SIS vendor provided your LEA an update to the SIS system aligned to SY13-14 PIMS?
All teachers eligible for PVAAS in the SIS?
Scheduling Elementary Students in SIS?
All Keystone courses identified?
Structure for % Student + Teacher Enrollment in SIS?
Structure for % Full/Partial Instruction in SIS?

20. Questions to Ask
District Level Planning – to Ensure Consistency Across LEA
% Instructional Responsibility – Discussed LEA wide?
Awareness?
Do all district level admin know about Spring 2014 roster verification?
Do all school admin know about Spring 2014 roster verification?
Do the teachers eligible for PVAAS teacher specific reporting know about Spring 2014 roster verification?
Training?
When/how will district admin/school admin receive training on roster verification process and system?
When/how will teachers receive training on roster verification process and system?
Time to Complete Roster Verification in Spring 2014
When will teachers complete the roster verification process?
How will they be supported?

21. Sum it up!
Complete and accurate data in PIMS this year will save your teachers and admin time
Plan now for your teachers eligible for PVAAS Score
Communications
Professional Development
Access resources and support

22. Additional Questions? PIMS and EE: Brian Truesdale c-btruesda@pa.gov
Questions?