1. Growth
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Growth
Objectives
Understand the Growth Model
Understand how the model can be used to improve student achievement and equity.
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Definition
Oregon’s Growth Model calculates the progress a student has made toward meeting benchmark. Students who are meeting their growth targets will be counted as Meets for accountability purposes on the report card.
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Growth
Purpose
Be included as part of the accountability process to determine which schools are being effective
Provide additional information to support teaching and learning by including growth targets in individual student reports
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Growth
Design
Addresses needs identified by stakeholders
Focused on existing achievement standards
Focused on High School diploma as a goal
Easily replicated in a spreadsheet
Targets available before kids begin their next test and results available after they end their test
Designed to be consistent with requirements of the U.S. Department of Education
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Growth
Caution
The growth target is not the ultimate goal for the student. The goal for students is to meet the grade level achievement standard.
The growth model sets intermediate goals for students, allowing them to move up to standard over a period of several years.
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Growth
How to Use
The growth target is not the ultimate goal for the student. The goal for the students is to meet the grade level achievement standard.
The growth model sets intermediate goals for students, allowing them to move up to standard over a period of several years.
Look at each student’s testing history (as displayed on the Growth Individual Student Report) to gain a more comprehensive view of each student’s achievement.
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8. Required Decrease in Gap
Growth
The Formula
Grade Span
Required Decrease in Gap
Reading
Math
3 to 4
39%
44%
4 to 5
43%
5 to 6
31%
25%
6 to 7
36%
33%
7 to 8
40%
Growth targets are chosen with a “three years to proficiency” model. Each year students are asked to close their personal achievement gap.
The “Gap” (measured by the number of RIT points they are below benchmark) must decrease according to the percentages in the table at right.
Students meeting these expectations are determined to have “met growth.”
For report card rating purposes, students who “met growth” will count equally with students who met benchmark.
More information can be found on the ODE Growth model webpage:
This page contains: A growth model target calculator; Tables of growth targets;
Details on the growth target calculation; Data from other growth models
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Growth
The Formula (cont)
Example for a student
Cut scores
6th grade=222
4th grade=211
If a student scores a 190 in 3rd grade,
Meeting standard in 4th grade would
Require 21 points.
The growth model describes a student
as on track if he/she makes
32 x 38.89%=12.44 points of growth.
We round up to 13 which makes a
Target of =203
3rd grade=204
3rd to 4th=21 pts
3rd to 6th=32 pts
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How can the growth model fit into your district and school improvement plans?
How can we use the growth model to improve instruction and student learning?
How can we ensure that the growth model does not reduce rigorous expectations we have for our students?
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