1. Kansas Educator Evaluation
Bill Bagshaw Asst. Director Kansas State Department of Education March 11, 2015

2. TO IMPROVE TEACHING AND LEARNING
Evaluation Systems
The ultimate goal of all educator evaluation
should be…
TO IMPROVE TEACHING AND LEARNING

3. Visualizations of Kansas Evaluation Systems

4. Kansas Evaluation Systems

5. Kansas Evaluation Systems
Three Student Growth Measures
Chosen Instructional Practice Protocol
FINAL Summative Evaluation Rating
SUMMARY RATING #1
SUMMARY RATING #2

6. Kansas Evaluation Systems
An educator must meet multiple measures of student growth to be rated as effective, highly effective or the equivalent.
SGMs may be any combination of:
Locally created assessments
Commercial assessments
State Assessments (required for grades/subjects tested)
LEAs will determine timelines and appropriate levels of rigor when using student growth measures.
IPP Summary Rating determined by district (LEA) protocols.
Includes multiple areas of educator effectiveness.
Inter-rater Agreement is a key component of
Observations
Use of artifact and evidence
Combining IPP and SGM summary ratings
Determining Final Summary Rating

7. Educator Evaluation Systems
FINAL SUMMATIVE Rating
Instructional Practice Protocol Summary Rating
Student Learning
Content Knowledge
Instructional Practice
Professional Responsibility
Student Growth Measures Summary Rating
Student Growth Measure

8. All Evaluation Systems Should Be:
Administratively feasible
Publically credible
Professionally accepted
Legally defensible
Economically affordable

9. What drives all of this work?

10. WAIVER - Principle 3 - Supporting Effective Instruction and Leadership
Implement teacher and principal evaluation and support systems that:
Are used for continual improvement of instruction
Use at least 3 performance levels
Use multiple measures including student growth as significant factor
Are used to evaluate on a regular basis
Provide clear, timely, and useful feedback
Are used to inform personnel decisions
The third principle that had to be addressed in the waiver application was around supporting effective instruction and leadership and focused primarily on teacher and principal evaluations. The waiver requirements related to this principle are outlined on this slide.

11. Things to Know
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.
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, once approved by KSDE.
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 district should 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.

12. 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 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.
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, once they are approved by the KSDE.

13. 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 district should 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.

14. Next steps:
Districts will continue to identify student growth measures.
A “default list” of student growth measures posted on the web by May 1, (Done)
Continue to gather evidence of student growth and educator practice.
Begin inter-rater agreement training.

15. Identifying Multiple Measures

16. Multiple Measures Measures may include any combination of:
Locally Created Assessments that meet criteria
Commercial Assessment Products
State Assessments
At least one State Assessments must be used for grade levels/subjects tested.
State Assessments are not required for grade levels/subjects not tested.

17. Default List of Measures
Top 6 SGMs reported
for
Schools or districts may modify at any time by going to the Evaluation Webpages.

18. Defining Significance

19. Significance Definition
The change in student achievement for an individual student between two points in time, determined using multiple measures
To include gains and progress toward post-secondary and workforce readiness
To include progress in academic and functional goals in an individualized education program or meeting academic student growth objectives

20. 5th Grade Curriculum Standards
85%
Grade Level Expectation
5.00
4.12
4.11
4.10
4.09
4.08
4.07
4.06
4.05
4.04
4.03
4.02
4.01
4.00
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
March
April
May
Assuming 85% of students exiting 4th grade accomplished 4th grade curriculum, the expectation would be at least the same amount of growth would occur by completion of the 5th grade, or on any given measure used.
Example: In a class of 24 students, 20 students would be above the Grade Level Expectation line by the end of the Academic Year.
24 x .85 = 20.2
This scenario would indicate significance.
Reference: Blue Print for Reform

21. Multiple Measures

22. Matrix Works with or Without Percentages

23. Matrix Rules
Must meet all three SGMs to be considered highly effective or its equivalent for the SGM Summary Rating.
Must meet at least two SGMs to be considered effective or its equivalent for the SGM Summary Rating.
Must meet at least one SGMs to be considered developing or its equivalent for the SGM Summary Rating.
The Final Summative Rating can only be rated one performance level higher than the lowest summary rating.
When both summary ratings are the same, that rating becomes the Final Summative Rating.

24. Kansas Evaluation Systems
Three Student Growth Measures
Chosen Instructional Practice Protocol
FINAL Summative Evaluation Rating
SUMMARY RATING #1
SUMMARY RATING #2

25. Record IPP Summary Rating

26. Record SGM Summary Rating

27. Record Final Summary Rating

28. Contact Information:
Bill Bagshaw, Assistant Director,
Teacher Licensure and Accreditation,
Kansas State Department of Education