2019-2020 Student Learning Objective Expectations for Certified Teachers:
from https://www.washoeschools.net/cms/lib/NV01912265/Centricity/Domain/228/2019-20%20SLO%20Expectations.pdf
CHANGES:
- Final Evaluation Ratings: The 2019-2020 Nevada Educator Performance Framework defines the teachers’ final evaluation rating as 85% qualitative rating score and 15% SLO student performance data score.
If you are a teacher with less than ten students on your roster, please contact your school administrator for alternative scoring.
FAQ:
- Per Nevada Department of Education, submitted assessments must: • Be psychometrically valid and reliable to as high a degree as feasible • Be aligned to Nevada Academic Content Standards (NVACS) • Be aligned to the intended level of rigor for the NVACS selected • Include all components students have access to (instructions, reading passages, notetakers, etc.) • Include clear scoring protocols for reliability and replicability • Identify the NVACS on each question or scoring rubric row • Be secure in that students do not have access to the culminating assessment materials during the instructional interval
- A minimum of one baseline assessment and one culminating assessment must be uploaded into MyPGS. Teachers may use more than one assessment for the baseline and/or culminating assessments. Students do not need to complete all assessments in one class period/day. Formative assessments during the instructional interval do not need to be uploaded into MyPGS.
- Accommodations from Individualized Educational Plans or 504 Plans must be followed for the baseline, formative, and culminating SLO assessments.
Clarifications & Recommendations
- Percent- and point-based scoring are converted to a standards-based scale. To best capture student growth in a standards-based scale, student performance is reported using 8 levels. The numbers 1-8 are not a score, rather identify the category of standards mastery for a given student (for example 4 = “high developing”). The actual conversion chart can be found at https://www.washoeschools.net/cms/lib/NV01912265/Centricity/Domain/228/2019-20%20SLO%20Expectations.pdf
- Baseline and culminating assessments must be aligned, but do not need to be identical
- If a teacher would like to extend the instructional interval based on formative assessment data, s/he must speak with the school administrator. Extensions cannot be given once a culminating assessment is administered to students.
Contact:
If you have question or situation that is not addressed on this document any time during the year, please contact the Professional Growth Systems office at mypgssupport@washoeschools.net.