In this brief, Achieve outlines a state-by-state comparison of early warning indicator systems. These systems measure aspects of 9th grade student performance to determine if students are ‘on track’ for future academic success or are at risk for dropping-out. The brief outlines how states have included these early warning ‘on track’ indicators into accountability and data efforts in their Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plans.
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- Introduction to Student Learning Objectives | July 2013
- Scoring Student Learning Objectives | November 2014
- Student Learning Objectives: Considerations for Teachers of CTE Courses | October 2014
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On Track or Falling Behind? How States Include Measures of 9th Grade Performance in Their ESSA Plans
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This is a sample SLO from the Utah Office of Education focused on second-grade English Language Arts.
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This is a sample SLO from the Utah Office of Education focused on kindergarten English Language Arts.
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This is a sample SLO from the Utah Office of Education focused on first-grade English Language Arts.
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This is a sample SLO from the Utah Office of Education focused on first-grade English Language Arts.
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This is a sample SLO from the Utah Office of Education focused on welding.
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This is a sample SLO from the Utah Office of Education focused on web development.
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This is a sample SLO from the Utah Office of Education focused on sports marketing.
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This is a sample SLO from the Utah Office of Education focused on network support.
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This is a sample SLO from the Utah Office of Education focused on medical terminology.
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This is a sample SLO from the Utah Office of Education focused on anatomy and physiology.
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This is a sample SLO from the Utah Office of Education focused on marketing.
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This is a sample SLO from the Utah Office of Education focused on interior design.
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This is a sample SLO from the Utah Office of Education focused on health science education.
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This is a sample SLO from the Utah Office of Education focused on taxes.
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This is a sample SLO from the Utah Office of Education focused on financial literacy.
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This is a sample SLO from the Utah Office of Education focused on food and nutrition.
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This is a sample SLO from the Utah Office of Education focused on floriculture and greenhouse management.
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This is a sample SLO from the Utah Office of Education focused on agriculture.
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This is a sample SLO from the Utah Office of Education focused on fashion strategies.
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This is a sample SLO from the Utah Office of Education focused on family consumer sciences.
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This is a sample SLO from the Utah Office of Education focused on early childhood education.
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This is a sample SLO from the Utah Office of Education focused on digital media.
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This is a sample SLO from the Utah Office of Education focused on a supervised agriculture experience program.
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This is a sample SLO from the Utah Office of Education focused on CTE.
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This is a sample SLO from the Utah Office of Education focused on CTE.
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This is a sample SLO from the Utah Office of Education focused on CTE.
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This is a sample SLO from the Utah Office of Education focused on computer repair.
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This is a sample SLO from the Utah Office of Education focused on computer programming.
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This is a sample SLO from the Utah Office of Education focused on the fundamentals of computer programming.
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This is a sample SLO from the Utah Office of Education focused on clothing and textiles.
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This is a sample SLO from the Utah Office of Education focused on child development.
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This is a sample SLO from the Utah Office of Education focused on technology support.
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This is a sample SLO from the Utah Office of Education focused on business management.
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This is a sample SLO from the Utah Office of Education focused on business administrative support.
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This is a sample SLO from the Utah Office of Education focused on high school accounting.
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This is a sample SLO from the Utah Office of Education focused on high school animal science.
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This is a sample SLO from the Utah Office of Education focused on high school agriculture systems technology.
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This is a sample SLO from the Utah Office of Education focused on high school adult roles and financial literacy.
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The Utah State Office of Education has created a frequently asked questions document for SLOs. It answers questions from “What is an SLO?” to other common business rules.
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The Utah State Office of Education created this guidebook, which provides educators with an overview of SLOs. It describes the components of an SLO and the SLO cycle, and provides tools to help educators write SLOs.
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This presentation from the Utah State Office of Education will help educators choose both summative and formative assessments for SLOs. The presentation includes a script in addition to slides.
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This presentation from the Utah State Office of Education explores how to use baseline data to set growth targets for SLOs. Participants will learn how to determine the prerequisite knowledge and skills needed for students to be successful and learn about sources of baseline data. The presentation includes a script in addition to slides.
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This presentation from the Utah State Office of Education explores how to identify high-quality assessments for SLOs. The presentation includes a script in addition to slides.
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This presentation from the Utah State Office of Education explores how to determine the depth of knowledge needed for the learning goal. The presentation includes a script in addition to slides.
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This presentation from the Utah State Office of Education digs deeper into the SLO component of determining a learning goal. Participants will learn to write a final learning goal that thoughtfully synthesizes big ideas, content standards associated with the big ideas, and appropriate cognitive rigor. The presentation includes a script in addition to slides.
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This presentation from the Utah State Office of Education provides an overview of SLOs. Participants learn about the components of an SLO and the SLO process. The presentation includes a script in addition to slides.
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This is a sample SLO from the South Dakota Education Association focused on high school physical science.
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This is a sample SLO from the South Dakota Education Association focused on high school U.S. History.
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This is a sample SLO from the South Dakota Education Association focused on high school U.S. History.
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This is a sample SLO from the South Dakota Education Association focused on high school chemistry.
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This is a sample SLO from the South Dakota Education Association focused on high school chemistry.
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This is a sample SLO from the South Dakota Education Association focused on high school personal finance.
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This is a sample SLO from the South Dakota Education Association focused on high school agriculture.
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This is a sample SLO from the South Dakota Education Association focused on high school welding.
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This is a sample SLO from the South Dakota Education Association focused on high school geometry.
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This is a sample SLO from the South Dakota Education Association focused on high school geometry.
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This is a sample SLO from the South Dakota Education Association focused on high school integrated mathematics.
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This is a sample SLO from the South Dakota Education Association focused on fifth-grade physical education.
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This is a sample SLO from the South Dakota Education Association focused on first-grade music.
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This is a sample SLO from the South Dakota Education Association focused on ninth-grade computer application.
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This is a sample SLO from the South Dakota Education Association focused on eighth-grade music.
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This is a sample SLO from the South Dakota Education Association focused eighth-grade art.
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This is a sample SLO from the South Dakota Education Association focused on seventh-grade geography.
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This is a sample SLO from the South Dakota Education Association focused seventh-grade English language arts.
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This is a sample SLO from the South Dakota Education Association focused on sixth-grade mathematics.
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This is a sample SLO from the South Dakota Education Association focused on sixth-grade English Language Arts.
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This is a sample SLO from the South Dakota Education Association focused on fourth-grade math.
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This is a sample SLO from the South Dakota Education Association focused on third-grade writing.
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This is a sample SLO from the South Dakota Education Association focused on first-grade reading.
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This is a sample team SLO from the South Dakota Education Association focused on first-grade math.
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This is a sample SLO from the South Dakota Education Association focused on first-grade math.
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This is a sample SLO from the South Dakota Education Association focused on 10th-grade nutrition.
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This webinar from the South Dakota Department of Education provides an introduction to SLOs and the SLO process within South Dakota. The webinar describes the benefits and challenges of SLOs and the four-step SLO process. It highlights how to develop high-quality SLOs and provides additional resources for creating SLOs.
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This tool from the South Dakota Education Association assists teachers in developing their SLO attainment. A teacher enters in the total number of students measured in the SLO and the percentage of students whom the teachers wants to see attain the SLO goal. The calculator will then determine the number of students who would have to attain it in order to reach the teacher’s percentage goal. It also breaks down the number of students who would have to attain the SLO for each student growth rating level.
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The South Dakota Department of Education has compiled responses to some frequently asked questions regarding SLOs. The questions range from the basics, such as “What is an SLO?” to questions about the assessments used in SLOs.
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This is a sample SLO from the Rhode Island Department of Education focused on first-grade literacy.
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This is a sample SLO from the Rhode Island Department of Education for a middle school building administrator focused on special education mathematics.
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This is a sample SLO from the Rhode Island Department of Education for a middle school building administrator focused on English Language Arts.
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This is a sample student outcome objective from the Rhode Island Department of Education for a high school social worker.
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This is a sample student outcome objective from the Rhode Island Department of Education for a high school psychologist.
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This is a sample student outcome objective from the Rhode Island Department of Education for a high school counselor.
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This is a sample student outcome objective from the Rhode Island Department of Education for a middle school social worker.
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This is a sample student outcome objective from the Rhode Island Department of Education for a middle school counselor.
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This is a sample student outcome objective from the Rhode Island Department of Education for a school nurse.
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This is a sample student outcome objective from the Rhode Island Department of Education for an elementary school nurse.
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The Rhode Island Department of Education has created a guidance document that illustrates the “evolution” of an SLO through feedback, reflection, and revision. It includes sample SLOs, the feedback provided by the evaluator, and the final revisions made based on the evaluator’s feedback. The samples show teachers how reflection and revision can elevate the quality of an SLO; for evaluators it illustrates the kind of specific, descriptive feedback they should provide teachers during the SLO approval process.
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The Rhode Island Department of Education has created a tool to help determine whether Student Outcome Objectives (SOO) are high quality. SOOs are similar to learning objectives but are developed by support professionals such as librarians, counselors, and speech pathologists. The tool includes guiding questions focused on priority of content, rigor of target, quality of evidence, and overall quality.
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The Rhode Island Department of Education has created guidance on how to set targets during the SLO process. It defines terms, delineate different types of targets, and provide insight to help guide educators’ decision making. It is designed to support teachers, administrators, and district leaders as they continue to strengthen the SLO process in their varied contexts.
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This guidance document from the Rhode Island Department of Education provides an overview of the core elements of student learning objectives and the steps for writing an SLO. The document outlines what teachers need prior to writing an SLO, including connecting with colleagues, understanding the SLO process, gathering the necessary resources, and reviewing the prior year’s SLOs.
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This is a template from the Ohio Department of Education to help educators score SLOs. Teachers can note students’ baseline score, growth target, and final score, and whether or not the student met the target.
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This webinar from the New York State Department of Education provides practical steps for successfully closing out SLOs and considerations for reflection and strategic planning for the upcoming school year. This webinar will enable district leaders, principals, and teachers to consider systems for scoring summative assessments used with SLOs; translate outcomes into scores; and reflect on SLO results to inform instructional decisions and approaches.
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This webinar from the New York State Department of Education is for principals as they work through implementing SLOs. During the webinar, trends and patterns are identified through the review of participants’ SLO samples, leading to a discussion of misperceptions and common challenges in the development of high-quality SLOs. Six actionable steps that can help support meaningful, rigorous goal setting are explored in-depth:
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The New York State Department of Education has annotated this sample SLO for sixth-grade technology.
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The New York State Department of Education has annotated this sample SLO for eighth-grade social studies.
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The New York State Department of Education has annotated this sample SLO for a teacher with eighth-grade science students with an IEP in a self-contained class.
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The New York State Department of Education has annotated this sample SLO for third-grade math.
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The New York State Department of Education has annotated this sample SLO for global history and geography.
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The New York State Department of Education has annotated this sample SLO for honors geometry.
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The New York State Department of Education has annotated this sample SLO for French I.
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The New York State Department of Education has annotated this sample SLO for eighth-grade family and consumer science.
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The New York State Department of Education has annotated this sample SLO for kindergarten English Language Arts.
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The New York State Department of Education has annotated this sample SLO for ninth-grade English.
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The New York State Department of Education has annotated this sample SLO for high school earth science.
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The New York State Department of Education has annotated this sample SLO for high school chemistry.
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The New York State Department of Education has annotated this sample SLO for seventh grade art.
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The New York State Department of Education has annotated this sample SLO for high school Algebra II.
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This presentation from the New York State Department of Education explains how New York will assess student learning growth for students in classrooms with a state assessment or in non-tested grades and subjects. This presentation will help districts leaders implement district-wide growth goal-setting processes; the measures fit into the larger teacher evaluation system.
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The State of New Jersey Department of Education has annotated this sample student growth objective for a middle school student assistance coordinator. The goal focuses on improving student awareness of bullying behaviors and preventing bullying.
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The State of New Jersey Department of Education has annotated this sample student growth objective for an elementary speech–language specialist. The goal focuses on articulation and speech therapy.
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The State of New Jersey Department of Education has annotated this sample student growth objective for an elementary school nurse. The goal focuses on vision screening referrals.
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The State of New Jersey Department of Education has annotated this sample student growth objective for a middle school counselor. This goal focuses on career planning.
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The State of New Jersey Department of Education has annotated this sample student growth objective for a high school media specialist. This goal focuses on research strategies.
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This is a sample student growth objective from the State of New Jersey Department of Education for a learning disabilities teacher consultant who works in an elementary school. This example is focused on improving the level of parent awareness of and knowledge about the special education program.
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The State of New Jersey Department of Education has annotated this sample student growth objective for World History in eighth grade.
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The State of New Jersey Department of Education has annotated this sample student growth objective for seventh-grade Spanish.
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The State of New Jersey Department of Education has annotated this sample student growth objective for students with IEPs in a self-contained math class.
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The State of New Jersey Department of Education has annotated this sample student growth objective for high school algebra.
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The State of New Jersey Department of Education has annotated this sample student growth objective for Pre-K mathematics.
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The State of New Jersey Department of Education has annotated this sample student growth objective for high school writing.
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The State of New Jersey Department of Education has annotated this sample student growth objective for eighth grade art.
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This form from the State of New Jersey Department of Education guides SGO discussions between teachers and evaluators.
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This guidance document from the State of New Jersey Department of Education provides tips on assessing SGO quality, adjusting SGOs, and tailoring professional learning for future SGO development. The document also provides four suggested strategies for the SGO assessment process, including convening an administrative team, choosing a rubric, conducting a norm-setting process, and scoring SGOS on a 1–4 scale.
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This presentation from the State of New Jersey Department of Education provides a foundational understanding of how to develop or choose high-quality assessments, investigate appropriate ways to set targets using readily available student data, and develop next steps that will allow educators to increase the quality of the SGOs in their district.
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This document from the Maryland State Department of Education provides guidance on scoring individual SLOs for teachers. This guidance is for evaluators and provides a description for the three SLO scoring categories: full attainment, partial attainment, and insufficient attainment.
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This is a sample student learning objective from Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland. It is focused on ESOL for middle school students.
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This is a sample student learning objective from Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland. It is focused on ESOL for 10th and 11th grade students.
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This is a sample student learning objective from Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland focused on ESOL for third-grade students.
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This presentation from the Kentucky Department of Education describes the assessment literacy practices that not only are embedded within goal setting for student growth but also serve as a guide when thinking about the larger role assessments play in the teaching and learning cycle.
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The Kentucky Department of Education created this guidance document to help teachers in unique settings or roles write student growth goals. It provides guidance for the following roles and settings: interventionists (including behavior interventionists), teachers who work in credit recovery, and teachers using competency-based instruction.
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The Kentucky Department of Education created this guidance document to help teachers of English learners write student growth goals. It provides guidance on writing goals for the following contexts: structured English immersion, co-teaching, collaboration/push-in, pull-out EL/resource, content-based EL instruction, and sheltered English instruction.
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The Kentucky Department of Education created this guidance document to help teachers of special education write student growth goals. It discusses how to write student growth goals in the following contexts: regular classrooms with co-teaching, multiple grade levels, a resource room or separate class, and for functional skills.
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The Kentucky Department of Education developed this guidebook, which contains goals that have been annotated with questions and comments that would guide a principal and teacher through a conversation about the goals. The goals are to be used as a teaching tool to aid in the development of the student growth goal-writing process. The conversations are focused on enduring learning, assessments, and proficiency/growth targets.
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This rubric from the Kentucky Department of Education determines whether the student growth goal is acceptable, needs revisions, or is insufficient. The rubric examines the structure, rigor, and comparability of the goal.
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This is a sample SLO from Rhode Island, focused on English language arts for first- and second-grade special education and annotated by the Reform Support Network.
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This is a sample SLO from Rhode Island, focused on chemistry and annotated by the Reform Support Network.
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This is a sample SLO from Pennsylvania, focused on sixth-grade physical education and annotated by the Reform Support Network.
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This is a sample SLO from Pennsylvania, focused on first-grade mathematics and annotated by the Reform Support Network.
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This is a sample SLO from Pennsylvania, focused on cosmetology and annotated by the Reform Support Network.
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This is a sample SLO from Ohio, focused on first-grade reading and annotated by the Reform Support Network.
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This is a sample SLO from Ohio, focused on first-grade English language arts and annotated by the Reform Support Network.
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This is a sample SLO from Ohio, focused on high school art and annotated by the Reform Support Network.
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This is a sample SLO from New York, focused on precalculus and annotated by the Reform Support Network.
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This is a sample SLO from New York, focused on high school physical education and annotated by the Reform Support Network.
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This is a sample SLO from New York, focused on eighth-grade art and annotated by the Reform Support Network.
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This is a sample SLO from Maryland, focused on prekindergarten writing and annotated by the Reform Support Network.
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This is a sample SLO from Maryland, focused on English language arts and annotated by the Reform Support Network.
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This is a sample SLO from Maryland, focused on high school Algebra I and annotated by the Reform Support Network.
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This is a sample SLO from Louisiana, focused on eighth-grade mathematics and annotated by the Reform Support Network.
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This is a sample SLO from Louisiana, focused on special education literacy and annotated by the Reform Support Network.
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This is a sample SLO from Louisiana, focused on high school visual arts and annotated by the Reform Support Network.
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This is a sample SLO from Hawaii, focused on English language arts and annotated by the Reform Support Network.
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This is a sample SLO from Hawaii, focused on drama and annotated by the Reform Support Network.
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This is a sample SLO from Hawaii, focused on Algebra I and annotated by the Reform Support Network.
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This is a sample SLO from Georgia, focused on high school Physics I and annotated by the Reform Support Network.
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This is a sample SLO from Georgia, focused on high school world history and annotated by the Reform Support Network.
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This is a sample SLO from Colorado, focused on eighth-grade physical science and annotated by the Reform Support Network.
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This is a sample SLO from Colorado, focused on fifth-grade physical education and annotated by the Reform Support Network.
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This is a sample SLO from Colorado, focused on AP English Literature, annotated by the Reform Support Network.
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The Assessment Inventory Facilitation Process from the Illinois State Board of Education is a companion to the Student Assessment Inventory for School Districts. This document provides a step-by-step facilitation process for districts to follow when using the assessment inventory.
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The Student Assessment Inventory for School Districts is an Illinois State Board of Education tool that districts can use to take stock of their assessments and assessment strategy from a student perspective. This inventory can be adapted for local context and use. The inventory process includes five steps: reflect and plan, conduct the inventory, analyze the inventory, make recommendations, and evaluate.
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This is a sample SLO from the Illinois State Board of Education for high school students in welding.
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This is a sample SLO from the Illinois State Board of Education for seventh-grade English language learner students in social studies.
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This is a sample SLO from the Illinois State Board of Education for 11th and 12th graders with disabilities in mathematics.
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This is a sample SLO from the Illinois State Board of Education for seventh graders in mathematics.
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This is a sample SLO from the Illinois State Board of Education for ninth graders in English language arts.
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This is a sample SLO from the Illinois State Board of Education for first graders in music.
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This is a sample SLO from the Illinois State Board of Education for fourth graders in mathematics.
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This webinar from the Illinois State Board of Education describes an example process of assigning a teacher rating as part of the SLO process. This presentation highlights an example of this fifth element in Illinois’ SLO process.
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This webinar from the Illinois State Board of Education describes the process of documenting actual outcomes as part of the SLO process. This is the fourth element in Illinois’ SLO process; participants will understand how to document actual outcomes as part of the process.
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During this webinar from the Illinois State Board of Education, participants will understand how to identify expected student growth targets as part of the SLO process.
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During this webinar from the Illinois State Board of Education, participants will learn how to identify appropriate assessments and the scoring procedures used to support and measure the learning goal that is the second element in the Illinois SLO process.
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This Illinois State Board of Education’s webinar helps teachers write a learning goal. Participants will identify the components of a quality learning goal, which is the first element in Illinois’ SLO process.
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This webinar created by the Illinois State Board of Education provides an overview of SLOs. The webinar defines the SLO and discusses its benefits. Participants will identify the elements included in the SLO template and the steps of the SLO cycle.
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This template from the Illinois State Board of Education helps districts and teachers create SLOs. It includes important guiding questions and statements for both teachers and evaluators to reflect on throughout the SLO process.
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The Illinois State Board of Education created this guidebook to describe the SLO process and provide resources for incorporating SLOs into a comprehensive performance evaluation plan. It provides an overview of implementation and outlines the SLO process.
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This guidance document from the Connecticut State Department of Education includes what school nurses should specify in SLOs. The guide includes three sample SLOs.
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This guidance document from the Connecticut State Department of Education includes what speech pathologists should specify in SLOs. The guide includes five sample SLOs.
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Connecticut – Student and Educator Support Specialists Guidance Document: Special Education Teachers
This guidance document covers what special education teachers should specify in SLOs and includes five sample SLOs.
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This guidance document from the Connecticut State Department of Education covers what school social workers should specify in SLOs and includes three sample SLOs.
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This guidance document from the Connecticut State Department of Education covers what school psychologists should specify in SLOs and includes three sample SLOs.
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This guidance document from the Connecticut State Department of Education covers what mathematics and ELA coaches should specify in SLOs and includes four sample SLOs.
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This guidance document from the Connecticut State Department of Education covers what library media specialists need to specify in SLOs and includes three sample SLOs: for kindergarten, sixth grade, and high school.
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This Connecticut State Department of Education document provides guidance for writing SLOs for TESOL teachers, tutors, TESOL instructional coaches, bilingual teachers, and teachers of world languages. The guide includes three sample SLOs.
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This guidance document from the Connecticut State Department of Education includes what counselors need to specify in SLOs. This document also includes three sample SLOs for counselors.
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The Connecticut State Department of Education developed this sample SLO for 11th- and 12th-grade students in physics.
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The Connecticut State Department of Education developed this sample SLO for 11th graders in algebra.
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This is a sample SLO from the Connecticut State Department of Education for 10th graders in geometry.
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This is a sample SLO from the Connecticut State Department of Education for high school students in visual arts.
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The Connecticut State Department of Education developed this sample SLO for high school students in French.
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The Connecticut State Department of Education developed this sample SLO for high school students in engineering.
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This is a sample SLO from the Connecticut State Department of Education for high school students in medical careers.
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This is a sample SLO from the Connecticut State Department of Education for high school students in animal science.
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This is a sample SLO from the Connecticut State Department of Education for wood technology design, measurement, and layout.
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This is a sample SLO from the Connecticut State Department of Education for high school students in French 3.
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This is a sample SLO from the Connecticut State Department of Education for ninth graders in algebra.
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The Connecticut State Department of Education developed this sample SLO for ninth graders in computer-aided design and drafting.
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This is a sample SLO from the Connecticut State Department of Education for eighth graders in Spanish.
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This is a sample SLO from the Connecticut State Department of Education for eighth graders in music.
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This is a sample SLO from the Connecticut State Department of Education for eighth graders in mathematics.
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This is a sample SLO from the Connecticut State Department of Education for eighth graders in health.
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This is a sample SLO from the Connecticut State Department of Education for eighth graders in English language arts (writing).
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The Connecticut State Department of Education developed this sample SLO for seventh graders in mathematics.
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This is a sample SLO from the Connecticut State Department of Education for seventh graders in library media and social studies.
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This is a sample SLO from the Connecticut State Department of Education for sixth graders in mathematics.
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This is a sample SLO from the Connecticut State Department of Education for sixth graders in English language arts (reading).
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This is a sample SLO from the Connecticut State Department of Education for social studies in Grades 6–8.
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This is a sample SLO from the Connecticut State Department of Education for those receiving speech and language services in Grades 6–10.
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This is a sample SLO from the Connecticut State Department of Education for fifth graders in social studies.
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This is a sample SLO from the Connecticut State Department of Education for fifth graders in vocal or general music.
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This is a sample SLO from the Connecticut State Department of Education for fifth graders in instrumental music.
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This is a sample SLO from the Connecticut State Department of Education for fourth graders in English language arts (writing).
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This is a sample SLO from the Connecticut State Department of Education for second graders in social studies.
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The Connecticut State Department of Education developed this sample SLO for second graders in English language arts (reading).
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The Connecticut State Department of Education developed this sample SLO for first graders in English language arts.
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The Connecticut State Department of Education developed this sample SLO for K–2 students in music from kindergarten to second grade.
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This Colorado Department of Education guidebook highlights possible approaches for districts to consider when developing their approaches to selecting measures of student learning in educator evaluation. One approach outlined in the guidebook is the use of SLOs.
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This scoring rubric from the Georgia Department of Education illustrates the percentage of students who demonstrate expected or high growth for each rating level in the state’s evaluation system.
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This Georgia Department of Education checklist for approving SLOs is for local education agencies when reviewing SLOs prior to submission for audit and approval. The checklist outlines key features that should be considered in SLOs.
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This Georgia Department of Education form provides teachers with a tool to align classroom instructional strategies to the SLO developed by a local education agency for every SLO course in a school system. It includes space that includes the classroom baseline data, instructional strategies for attaining SLOs, and specific dates for monitoring.
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This Georgia Department of Education form provides teachers and leaders with an overview of the local education agency-developed SLO for every SLO course in a school system. It includes space to write the course numbers, grades, team members who developed the assessment and their roles, the SLO statement, and the growth target.
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This table of specifications from the Georgia Department of Education helps teachers build an assessment. The table’s purpose is to detail the content, level of cognitive demand, amount, type, and answer or point value of the measurement items or tasks.
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This Georgia Department of Education template assists teachers with developing valid assessment items by first analyzing the content. The content alignment process is completed before the assessment is developed as a tool for teacher teams to review and think about the course content. This form will help teacher teams develop high-quality assessments. The form addresses elements such as the standards, content emphasis, concepts and understanding, student behaviors, and level of cognitive demand.
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This template action plan from the Georgia Department of Education is for local education agencies (LEAs) to help them prepare for implementing SLOs. It includes guiding questions to consider, action steps, and space to assign a person responsible for the action step and due date. The action plan outlines the steps for preparation and planning, as well as steps throughout the school year at both the LEA and school building levels.
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The Georgia Department of Education created a worksheet to assist teachers in developing growth targets for SLOs. It includes space to calculate individual growth targets, rubric growth targets, and growth targets for exceptionally high scores.
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This Georgia Department of Education guidance document highlights the roles and responsibilities within the SLO process for the state agency, local education agencies (LEAs), evaluators, and teachers. For example, one responsibility for LEAs is to determine which assessments can be utilized in SLOs. Teachers have the responsibility of administering pretests and posttests per the guidelines of LEAs and the school.
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This Georgia Department of Education guidance document on SLOs for charter schools includes guidance on who is responsible for the development of SLOs and whether charter schools are required to use the local education agency targets for SLO implementation.
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The Georgia Department of Education’s guidance document on SLOs for students using the Georgia Alternate Assessment (GAA) includes a bulleted list of considerations and guidance, such as a rubric. The document also includes sample SLO statements for students assessed with the GAA.
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This Georgia Department of Education document answers common questions about SLOs for special education teachers, including “Can students with IEPs have the same accommodations during SLO assessment administration?” and “Which SLO implementation procedures for special education teachers are [local education agency] determined?”
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These exemplar SLOs for English to Speakers of Other Languages courses from the Georgia Department of Education include some guidance for writing an SLO, and provide assessment composite scores, performance bands, and possible growth targets for each performance band.
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The Georgia Department of Education addresses common questions about creating SLOs for prekindergarten. This document includes answers to questions about how prekindergarten teachers implement SLOs if they do not use assessments and whether prekindergarten teachers use numeric or letter descriptors to report SLO data.
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This Georgia Department of Education document answers common questions, such as how students are assigned to teachers for an SLO in a coteaching situation and how to know if SLO assessments are rigorous.
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This guidance document from the Georgia Department of Education includes questions to help determine whether commercially developed assessments are appropriate for SLOs.
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The Georgia Department of Education created guidance for setting SLOs in unique circumstances or nontraditional settings. Some of the guidance includes business rules covering the percentage of time students must be enrolled in order to be included in the SLO, as well as the number of students required to create an SLO.
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This manual from the Georgia Department of Education discusses essential SLO components, SMART criteria, and assessment development. It also addresses implementation expectations, including assessment expectations, data analysis, and the SLO attainment rubric.
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The Arizona Department of Education created templates to assist teachers in writing their SLOs. These templates include one per step in the SLO cycle. One template also includes an assessment approval checklist, which provides guiding questions to ensure that assessments are aligned and rigorous and have enough stretch.
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This Arizona Department of Education presentation highlights national trends, shares concerns from the field, and discusses the use of SLOs as one measure of growth.
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This Arizona Department of Education presentation provides a deeper examination of the SLO cycle. The presentation examines the five steps within the cycle: determining students’ level of preparedness, choosing quality assessments, setting achievement and growth, monitoring and adjusting instruction, and establishing summative score.
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This Arizona Department of Education presentation provides an overview of SLOs. Participants will gain knowledge about using SLOs within a teacher’s evaluation and how to determine next steps in implementing the SLO process.
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This is a sample student learning goal from the West Virginia Department of Education focused on 11th- and 12th-grade music.
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This is a sample student learning goal from the West Virginia Department of Education focused on 10th-grade social studies.
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This is a sample student learning goal from the West Virginia Department of Education focused on 10th-grade math.
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This is a sample student learning goal from the West Virginia Department of Education focused on ninth-and 10th-grade dance.
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This is a sample student learning goal from the West Virginia Department of Education focused on seventh-grade math.
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This is a sample student learning goal from the West Virginia Department of Education focused on sixth- grade theater.
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This is a sample student learning goal from the West Virginia Department of Education focused on sixth- grade social studies.
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This is a sample student learning goal from the West Virginia Department of Education focused on third- grade English language arts.
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This is a sample student learning goal from the West Virginia Department of Education focused on first- grade art.
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This is a sample student learning goal from the West Virginia Department of Education focused on first- grade math.
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This is a sample student learning goal from the West Virginia Department of Education focused on kindergarten physical education.
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The West Virginia Department of Education created a template to help teachers write student learning goals. The template contains space for teachers to write the different sections of a student learning goal, including the content, specific content area, baseline data, goal, strategies for attaining the goal, and measures.
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The West Virginia Department of Education created this guide to help teachers to determine if their goals are specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time bound. This resource provides guiding questions to determine if the goal is SMART.
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The Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction created this checklist to help teachers determine if the student growth goal meets requirements. This tool provides guiding questions to determine if the goal meets the criteria of an effective growth goal and if it is a SMART goal.
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The Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction created a document of example student growth goals. There are elementary examples for English language arts, math, music, and health and fitness. The middle school examples include English language arts, theater, health and fitness, and career and technical education, and the high school examples include career and technical education, world languages, and social studies.
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The Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction created a rubric to help ensure that student growth goals are high quality. The rubric checks that the goal recognizes individual student learning needs and develops strategies to address those needs, uses multiple student data elements to modify instruction and improve student learning, and exhibits collaborative and collegial practices focused on improving instructional practice and student learning.
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This is a sample student growth goal from the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction focused on eighth-grade math.
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The Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction developed a template to help educators create student growth goals. It outlines the three-step process of developing student growth goals, including establishing a focus for the goal, selecting assessments, and creating learning targets.
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This presentation from the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction discusses how to create student growth goals. It describes the various sources of data used in student growth goals and the different types of goals.
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This template from the Washington, D.C., Office of the State Superintendent of Education is designed to help teachers and evaluators facilitate the process of writing and submitting high-quality SLOs for review.
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This presentation from the Washington, D.C., Office of the State Superintendent of Education outlines the SLO process. Participants will learn to identify the three steps of the SLO process, along with their more nuanced substeps; define possible sources of baseline data that describe both student performance and behavior; and identify the critical steps in selecting high-quality assessments.
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The Washington, D.C., Office of the State Superintendent of Education created a presentation that breaks down the different components of an SLO. Participants will learn how to identify the nine key criteria for SLOs and build familiarity with and locate the SLO Development Toolkit resources to aid in the various steps of the process.
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The Washington, D.C., Office of the State Superintendent of Education created this presentation to introduce SLOs. This presentation explains where SLOs come from, what SLOs are, and why to use SLOs. Participants will learn the definition of SLOs and identify the benefits of engaging in the SLO process systemwide.
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The Washington, D.C., Office of the State Superintendent of Education developed this presentation to explain the role of target setting as part of the SLO process. This presentation provides examples of different approaches to target setting, along with the pros and cons of each.
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The Washington, D.C., Office of the State Superintendent of Education created a tool to guide the review of SLO components that will lay the groundwork for the successful teacher implementation of SLOs. Evaluators can use this tool to review the quality of the SLO components and give the teacher substantive feedback.
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The Washington, D.C., Office of the State Superintendent of Education developed a guidebook that provides an in-depth look at the overall SLO process. The guidebook provides a policy context of SLOs, breaks down the components of an SLO, and outlines the SLO process.
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The Washington, D.C., Office of the State Superintendent of Education created a tool designed to help teachers and instructional leaders at the beginning of the SLO process understand what is needed for high-quality SLO implementation. It can be used to determine opportunities and needs related to a school’s planning for and implementation of the SLO process.
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The Washington, D.C., Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) created this worksheet to help teachers think through the process for identifying essential learning and developing objective statements. This process is driven by the following key question: What is the most important knowledge and/or skills my students should attain by the end of the interval of instruction?
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This tool from the Washington, D.C., Office of the State Superintendent of Education assists school leaders or principals in scoring teachers’ progress toward meeting SLOs at the end of the school year.
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These planning resources from the Washington, D.C., Office of the State Superintendent of Education provide a detailed outline of the SLO evaluation process. They are designed for use by the evaluator during the three annual evaluation conferences of the SLO process.
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This worksheet from the Washington, D.C., Office of the State Superintendent of Education supports school leaders and teachers as they identify the most appropriate academic and behavioral data points to use when developing SLO targets. This worksheet is intended to be used by school leaders but it can also be used by teachers to help them think through accessible data.
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This presentation from the Washington, D.C., Office of the State Superintendent of Education offers guidance on assessments to local education agency (LEA) decision makers. It provides four policy options for assessments and the pros and cons of each approach. Also discussed are the potential challenges for nontested grades and subjects. In addition, the presentation includes key questions or issues to consider when making decisions about assessments.
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This tool by the Washington, D.C., Office of the State Superintendent of Education is designed for the use of an evaluator to approve an SLO. It highlights all the necessary criteria for a highly effective SLO and provides space for the evaluator to indicate the approval status for each individual criterion.
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This reference document from the Washington, D.C., Office of the State Superintendent of Education explains the criteria for writing a quality student learning objective (SLO) by providing details and definitions of each component of the process.
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This webinar from the South Dakota Department of Education introduces and provides an overview of SLOs. The webinar discusses the basics of SLOs and their benefits and challenges. It outlines the four steps within the SLO process and provides guidance on developing high-quality SLOs. The webinar concludes with how to find additional resources on SLOs.
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This presentation from the South Dakota Department of Education discusses the types of SLOs for special education teachers and considerations for these teachers when writing SLOs. The presentation outlines the different types and their strengths and drawbacks.
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The South Dakota Department of Education developed a planning guide to help teachers create or choose assessments to use in SLOs. The guide includes guiding questions to connect content to student learning expectations, connect learning expectations to assessment criteria, connect assessment criteria to assessment type, and consider assessment quality.
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The South Dakota Department of Education developed an assessment quality checklist to be completed prior to SLO approval to ensure that the selected assessment meets basic requirements. The checklist helps teachers determine whether the assessment is ready for use or if additional modifications are needed. The checklist asks questions to ensure that the assessment is aligned to standards and course content, has enough stretch for all students, and is valid and reliable. This document also includes a checklist for rubrics and performance-based assessments.
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The South Dakota Department of Education created this checklist to help educators ensure that SLOs are high quality. The checklist includes guiding questions to ensure that the SLO is specific, measurable, appropriate, realistic yet rigorous, and time bound.
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The South Dakota Department of Education created this guide to help educators develop their SLOs. This guide outlines the key steps in developing an SLO by providing guiding questions for each section of the SLO. The guide also includes guiding questions for the “ongoing communication” step of monitoring student progress and modifying instruction. In addition, there are guiding questions to help teachers prepare for the summative conference based on the final SLO score.
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The South Dakota Department of Education created a guidebook on student learning objectives (SLOs) for teachers. The guidebook introduces what SLOs are, the benefits of SLOs, and potential implementation challenges. This resource outlines the SLO process, including development, approval, ongoing communication, and the summative conference. The guidebook provides guidance on prioritizing learning content, establishing accurate baselines, determining assessment selection, and writing quality SLOs. The appendix also includes additional resources for writing SLOs.
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This is a sample SLO from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education focused on eighth-grade physical education.
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This is a sample SLO from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education focused on fifth-grade science.
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This is a sample SLO from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education focused on fourth-grade special education English language arts.
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This is a sample SLO from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education focused on fourth-grade English language arts.
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This is a sample SLO from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education focused on third-grade math.
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This rubric from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education helps districts determine whether any additional preparations must be made before implementing SLOs on a districtwide or buildingwide scale. The rubric includes descriptions of “Not Ready,” “Almost Ready,” and “Ready” for the implementation elements of a shared vision, infrastructure, and teacher readiness.
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This scoring guide from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is designed for use with the SLO Data Tracking Tool. Data from the tracking tool can be inputted into the scoring guide to record overall measures of student performance relative to the SLO. This guide includes the rubric for scoring SLOs and helps teachers determine their final SLO score.
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The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education created an SLO progress tracker. This is a spreadsheet that teachers can use to enter their students’ pretest scores, set growth targets, enter final posttest scores, and determine a final SLO score. The progress tracker also includes space to enter formative assessments so that teachers can track their students’ progress in meeting their goals.
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This checklist from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education provides a set of criteria with which to assess the quality of a proposed SLO. The checklist includes criteria for each section of an SLO, such as baseline and trend data, growth targets, and rationale.
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To assist teachers with selecting appropriate assessments for SLOs, the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education created a checklist. The checklist is used prior to completing an SLO to ensure that the assessment chosen meets the basic requirements. The checklist asks questions to ensure that the assessment is aligned to standards, has enough stretch for all students, and is valid and reliable.
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The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education created a template for teachers to complete that will assist them in writing their SLOs. The template includes space for baseline and trend data, student population, interval of instruction, learning content, assessment, growth targets, and rationale. It also includes the rubric used for scoring SLOs.
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The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education created a guidebook for teachers on student learning objectives (SLOs). It explains what an SLO is, its importance, and the challenges of implementing SLOs. The guidebook provides guidance on the SLO process for teachers and districts, and how it fits into the overall evaluation system. The appendix also includes a template for writing and checklists for approving an SLO.
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The Minnesota Department of Education created a guidebook for teachers on student learning goals. It provides guidance on how to write a student learning goal and an overview of the student learning goal process. This handbook includes templates for completing the goal as well.
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The Pennsylvania Department of Education created a user’s guide to guide teachers and evaluators in the development of student learning objectives. The guide provides an overview of the three phases of the process: design, build, and review. Each phase includes training, tools, and resources.
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In Pennsylvania, teachers can write a student learning objective (SLO) on individualized education program (IEP) progress.
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The Pennsylvania Department of Education created a template for teachers to write their student learning objectives. The template includes space for teachers to write the context, goal, measures, indicators, and final rating.
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The Pennsylvania Department of Education developed a frequently asked questions document on student growth measures. It includes several questions focused on student learning objectives (SLOs), such as how to write an SLO for five or fewer students and other business rules pertaining to SLOs.
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The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education created a workshop to provide teachers with information and resources to identify their student learning and professional practice goals. This presentation guides teachers through their own goal-setting process and demonstrates the link between S.M.A.R.T. goals and the creation of an educator plan. This workshop also includes participant handouts.
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The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education created a professional learning module for evaluators on how to develop S.M.A.R.T. goals so that goals are needs-driven, specific, and action-oriented. This module includes slides, handouts, and a facilitator’s guide.
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The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education created this template to assist teachers in writing their student learning goal statements. The template includes a sample student learning goal for a high school guidance counselor.
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The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education created this presentation to help educators understand the role of goal setting in the evaluation cycle. At the end of this presentation, participants will understand the developmental process for S.M.A.R.T. goals and develop two S.M.A.R.T. goals specific to their role.
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This is a sample student learning target for a librarian from the Louisiana Department of Education.
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This is a sample student learning target from the Louisiana Department of Education focused on vision- impaired students in the first grade. Braille literacy skills are the content focus for this student learning target.
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This sample student learning objective from the Louisiana Department of Education focuses on English language arts for special education students in sixth through eighth grades. The teacher in this example is a resource teacher.
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This sample student learning target from the Louisiana Department of Education focuses on mathematics for special education students in third through fifth grades.
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This is a sample student learning target from the Louisiana Department of Education focused on high school Art I and II.
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The Louisiana Department of Education created this sample student learning target for high school world history.
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This is a sample student learning target from the Louisiana Department of Education focused on Algebra II for 11th-grade students.
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This is a sample student learning target from the Louisiana Department of Education focused on English language arts for 10th-grade students.
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This is a sample student learning target from the Louisiana Department of Education focused on Advanced Placement physics.
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The Louisiana Department of Education created this sample student learning target for Algebra II for 10th- and 11th-grade students. This sample is a 4x4 block scheduling with two sections in the fall and one in the spring.
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This is a sample student learning target from the Louisiana Department of Education focused on music for third- and fourth-grade students.
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This is a sample student learning target from the Louisiana Department of Education focused on fourth- grade mathematics.
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This is a sample student learning target from the Louisiana Department of Education focused on health and physical education for first through fifth grades.
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The Louisiana Department of Education created this sample student learning target for eighth-grade English language arts.
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This is a sample student learning target from the Louisiana Department of Education focused on first- grade English language arts for vision-impaired students.
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This is a sample student learning target from the Louisiana Department of Education focused on second- grade mathematics.
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This is a sample student learning target from the Louisiana Department of Education focused on prekindergarten.
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This presentation from the Louisiana Department of Education outlines the student learning target process and how to enter the information into the online dashboard.
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This professional learning session presentation from the Louisiana Department Education explains how each step of the goal-setting process supports the instructional priorities in a mathematics course. Participants will learn how goals drive classroom instruction and identify the aspects of a rigorous mathematics student learning target.
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This professional learning session presentation from the Louisiana Department of Education explains how the steps in the goal-setting process support instructional priorities in an English language arts course. Participants will learn how goals drive classroom instruction and identify the aspects of a rigorous English language arts student learning target.
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The Louisiana Department of Education created this template to assist teachers in writing student learning targets. The template includes the content, assessment method, students’ strengths and weaknesses, scoring plan, and monitoring plan.
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Explore trade-offs in four common approaches to selecting assessments for student learning objectives (SLOs).
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Find support for states in making policy decisions on student learning objectives (SLO) scoring.
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Discover additional SLO content and examples specific to teachers of career and technical education courses.
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The Connecticut State Department of Education created this annotated sample student learning objective for high school administrators. It is focused on graduation credits attained by ninth- grade students.
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The Connecticut State Department of Education created this annotated sample student learning objective for middle school administrators. It is focused on algebraic concepts for eighth-grade students.
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This is a sample annotated student learning objective for middle school administrators created by the Connecticut State Department of Education. It is focused on reading comprehension for students in sixth through eighth grades.
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This is a sample annotated administrator student learning objective created by the Connecticut State Department of Education. It is focused on reading comprehension for students in first through second grades.
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This is a sample annotated student learning objective created by the Connecticut State Department of Education focused on culinary arts and mathematics for students in 11th and 12th grades.
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This is a sample annotated student learning objective created by the Connecticut State Department of Education focused on writing for 11th-grade students.
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The Connecticut State Department of Education developed this annotated sample student learning objective on information literacy for students in the ninth grade.
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The Connecticut State Department of Education developed this annotated sample student learning objective on computer applications for ninth-grade students, which focuses on keyboarding skills.
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This is a sample annotated student learning objective from the Connecticut State Department of Education focused on physical education for eighth-grade students.
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This is a sample annotated student learning objective from the Connecticut State Department of Education focused on seventh-grade science.
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The Connecticut State Department of Education developed this annotated sample student learning objective for sixth-grade social studies.
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The Connecticut State Department of Education created this annotated sample student learning objective for sixth-grade mathematics.
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This is an annotated sample student learning objective from the Connecticut State Department of Education focused on writing for students in the sixth grade.
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The Connecticut State Department of Education created this annotated sample student learning objective for third-grade mathematics.
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This is an annotated sample student learning objective from the Connecticut State Department of Education focused on reading for students in first and second grades.
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This is a sample student learning objective on social awareness and interpersonal skills. It was developed and annotated by the Connecticut State Department of Education and focuses on prekindergarten students.
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The guide from the Connecticut State Department of Education provides a checklist of indicators for teachers and evaluators on the required elements of an SLO. The checklist includes statements on what is required for the baseline/trend data, student population, standards, interval instruction assessments, growth targets, and instructional strategies sections of an SLO.
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Administrators in Connecticut can use this student learning objective (SLO) form to create their SLOs. Developed by the Connecticut State Department of Education, this form provides space for administrators to write their SLO focus statement and additional SLO details, such as data analysis, alignment, measures, and strategies.
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Teachers in Connecticut can use this student learning objective (SLO) form to create their SLOs. Developed by the Connecticut State Department of Education, this form provides space for teachers to write their SLO focus statement and additional SLO details, such as baseline data, student population, standards, interval of instruction, assessments, and instructional strategies.
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This guidebook from the Connecticut State Department of Education provides an overview of student learning objectives (SLOs) and describes the SLO process step by step. It discusses the essential components of an SLO and walks teachers through the process of writing an SLO.
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The Connecticut State Department of Education created this guidebook for the state’s model teacher evaluation system, Connecticut’s System for Educator Evaluation and Development (SEED). The guidebook provides an overview and details of the various components of the state’s evaluation system and discusses student learning objectives (SLOs) beginning on page 25. It provides an overview of SLOs and describes the four phases for the state’s SLO process: reviewing data, setting two SLOs, monitoring student progress, and assessing student outcomes relative to SLOs.
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The State of New Jersey Department of Education created guidelines that provide more detail on scoring student growth objectives. The guidelines provide key questions to ensure that the scoring process is consistent, valid, and fair. It also includes policy suggestions for districts to support a fair and clear process.
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The State of New Jersey Department of Education created a guidebook to help teachers understand and create Student Growth Objectives (SGOs). This guidebook introduces SGOs and walks through the step-by-step process for developing them. It also includes forms for setting, assessing, and scoring SGOs.
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The State of New Jersey Department of Education annotated this sample student growth objective for algebra-based ninth-grade physics.
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This is a sample student growth objective from the State of New Jersey Department of Education for ninth-grade physics.
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The State of New Jersey Department of Education annotated this sample student growth objective for eighth-grade mathematics.
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The State of New Jersey Department of Education annotated this sample student growth objective for social studies in eighth grade.
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This is a sample student growth objective from the State of New Jersey Department of Education focused on writing for fifth-grade English language learner (ELL) students.
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The State of New Jersey Department of Education annotated this sample student growth objective for 11th-grade reading.
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The State of New Jersey Department of Education annotated this sample student growth objective for first-grade English language arts (ELA).
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The State of New Jersey Department of Education developed this annotated sample student growth objective for Grade 9–12 architecture and engineering.
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This chart from the State of New Jersey Department of Education is to help teachers create and categorize assessment items. This tool includes a chart that demonstrates a range of rigor of assessment items, includes the type of learner action, and provides sample question stems for each level.
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In developing SGOs, many teachers may have to develop their own assessments. The State of New Jersey Department of Education developed a tool to assist teachers with designing assessment items. This tool provides guidance and strategies for developing multiple-choice questions and constructed responses.
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Understanding what makes a high-quality SGO can be very challenging for both teachers and evaluators. This presentation by the State of New Jersey Department of Education identifies the components of a high-quality SGO in New Jersey. It also provides examples of SGOs before and after they are adjusted for quality.
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In order to assist teachers with choosing or developing a quality assessment for their student growth goals, the State of New Jersey Department of Education developed this planning guide. The guide asks key questions for teachers to consider when choosing or developing their assessment. Some of these questions include: “What style of assessment will best measure student growth in relation to my SGO?” and “What assessments do I have now that I might use?”
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This rubric from the State of New Jersey Department of Education is used to determine a quality student growth goal. It provides information on assessment quality and using multiple measures of a student’s starting point.
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This tool from the State of New Jersey Department of Education is intended to help teachers plan, develop, and check high-quality assessments to use in student growth goals.
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The State of New Jersey Department of Education created this form to help teachers develop their Student Growth Objectives. This form has space to include a teacher’s rationale for selected standards and information for student starting points. Teachers also can record midyear adjustments and reflect on the process in annual conferences.
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This guide from the Kentucky Department of Education provides scenarios designed to engage teachers and administrators in the discussion around the student growth goal-setting process. The guide also includes questions to be used along with the scenarios to stimulate discussion among teachers for the purpose of understanding the student growth goal-setting process.
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This presentation from the Kentucky Department of Education focuses on how teachers will implement strategies and monitor student progress toward goal attainment as a recursive process throughout the school year or course. Teachers will learn how to apply guiding questions that will lead to implementation of goal setting for student growth. The questions in this presentation guide reflection on what is needed throughout the goal-setting process.
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The Kentucky Department of Education created a document of sample student growth objectives focused on CTE. The samples includes carpentry, employability skills, health sciences, automotive technology, agricultural education, business education, computer aided design, engineering, family and consumer science, industrial maintenance, electrical technology, marketing, welding technology, and information technology.
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The Kentucky Department of Education created a document of sample student growth objectives. It includes samples for science, health and physical education, French II, social studies, Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) writing, music, math, family consumer sciences, multimedia, and art.
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The Kentucky Department of Education developed this short video to explain how to use its Think and Plan tool in detail. Teachers can use this comprehensive tool in the construction of student growth goals. This tool will help teachers think through the process and assist principals with ensuring that each goal meets all of the requirements.
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The Kentucky Department of Education developed this planning tool that guides teachers through the student growth goal-setting process. This document is a summary form that teachers complete for conferencing with their administrators. It includes guidance, details, and hyperlinks for completing the process and the template.
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The Kentucky Department of Education developed this presentation to help teachers apply guiding questions leading to the development of a quality student growth goal. This presentation discusses how teachers can apply SMART criteria to develop a quality student growth goal and use guiding questions to reflect throughout the growth goal process to inform teacher professional learning.
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The Kentucky Department of Education developed this presentation to define and describe what teachers need to do to plan for, implement, and monitor student growth during the student growth process. The purpose of this presentation is to help teachers understand how to apply guiding questions that will lead them to develop quality student growth goals. The questions allow teachers to reflect on what is needed throughout the goal-setting process and determine appropriate sources of evidence for goal setting.
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This presentation developed by the Kentucky Department of Education provides an overview of the process of goal setting for student growth. It provides a basic foundational understanding of the student growth measure within the state’s evaluation system and highlights why student growth is included in the system.
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This study by the Community Training Assistance Center, the Mid-Atlantic Comprehensive Center, and WestEd examines educators’ perceptions of the support they received in understanding and implementing SLOs as part of the new teacher and principal evaluation system in Maryland. The analysis for this report is based on interviews of superintendents and teacher union/association leaders from six districts and survey responses from teachers, principals, and other educators in nine districts.
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In this report, the Community Training and Assistance Center assessed the implementation of student learning objectives (SLOs) as part of the new teacher evaluation system in Rhode Island. The analysis in this report is based on surveys of teachers and principals in 10 districts, interviews, document review, and observation of trainings. From the findings of this study, state officials emphasized that the new evaluation and SLOs provide teachers meaningful opportunity for teaching improvement.
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Discuss key questions regarding challenges and lessons learned from implementing student learning objectives.
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The Rhode Island Department of Education developed this tool for district leaders to use when conducting an audit of SLOs.
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This document from the Rhode Island Department of Education provides instructions for districts to conduct a yearly audit of SLOs. An SLO audit is meant to provide helpful information to district leaders about the state of SLOs after they have been set. The audit allows the district to better understand the level of quality of SLOs throughout the district from year to year, discover any trends that could affect local policies, and inform professional development.
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This tool from the Rhode Island Department of Education provides a process that groups of educators can use to discuss student work in order to reach consensus about how to score the work from a rubric or scoring criteria. It is intended to be applicable across grades and subjects and includes example student work that can be used for practice calibration.
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This tool from the Rhode Island Department of Education provides a process that groups of educator can use to discuss and analyze student work. It is intended to be applicable across subjects and grades.
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This sample assessment review by the Rhode Island Department of Education provides sample assessments to use along with the assessment review tool. Some of the assessments are annotated for additional guidance.
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This tool from the Rhode Island Department of Education provides a framework for educators to use when evaluating an assessment, whether or not an assessment is appropriate as evidence for a student learning objective. The tool can be used to review assessments developed commercially, by the district, or by teacher. It prompts educators to consider type, alignment, scoring, administration, and bias.
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This worksheet from the Rhode Island Department of Education can help teachers to identify appropriate sources of baseline data and inform student learning objective growth targets.
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This guidebook from the Rhode Island Department of Education provides an overview of using baseline data and information to set SLO targets. This guide defines baseline data and explains how to use it to set growth targets.
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The Rhode Island Department of Education developed this guide to assist teachers and administrators with selecting and developing high-quality assessments at the secondary level. This guide provides
- Information on specific assessments appropriate for the 6–12 grade span
- Purpose of the assessments, advantages and disadvantages of the assessments
- Considerations for a comprehensive assessment system such as daily classroom assessments, local and district developed assessments, and state assessments when applicable
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This guide from the Rhode Island Department of Education is intended to assist teachers and school administrators in understanding the critical role that assessments play in the classroom. This guide provides information on specific assessments appropriate for the 3–5 grade span, purpose of the assessments, advantages and disadvantages of the assessments, considerations for a comprehensive assessment system that include daily classroom assessments, local and district developed assessments, and state assessments when applicable.
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This is “how-to” guide from the Rhode Island Department of Education provides guidance on selecting and developing quality assessments in primary classrooms. The guide provides information on specific assessments appropriate for the K–2 grade span, the purpose of the assessments, advantages and disadvantages of the assessments, considerations for a comprehensive assessment system that include daily classroom assessments, local and district developed assessments, and state assessments when applicable.
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This webinar by the Rhode Island Department of Education is on scoring SLOs. Participants will learn how to score individual SLOs.
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This webinar from the Rhode Island Department of Education is on approving SLOs. Participants will learn the process of approving SLOs.
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This Rhode Island Department of Education webinar is focused on learning objectives for special educators. Participants will understand when special educators should write SLOs, student outcome objectives (SOOs), or both and understand how to write SLOs and SOOs that fit special educators’ diverse roles.
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This Rhode Island Department of Education webinar is focused on SLOs for building administrators. This webinar
- reviews the basics of the building administrator SLO process
- articulates the role of collaboration in the SLO process between central office administrators and building administrators and between building administrators and teachers
- clarifies the types of alignment between building administrator and teacher SLOs
- considers best practices for assessment and data collection and illustrates the changes to the SLO form
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This webinar from the Rhode Island Department of Education explains the student learning objective process for support professionals. The webinar aims to help participants understand the expectations of gradual implementation and key flexibility factors and understand the three evaluation criteria within the support professionals model.
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The Rhode Island Department of Education developed this webinar on using baseline data to set SLO targets. This webinar aims to help participants understand the purpose of baseline data, be able to identify several sources of baseline data, and understand how baseline data can be used to set targets.
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This webinar by the Rhode Island Department of Education introduces resources in the Assessment Toolkit. The webinar aims to provide participants with some ideas for how to use the toolkit’s resources collaboratively.
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This webinar by the Rhode Island Department of Education focuses on deepening assessment literacy. The webinar aims to help participants develop a shared understanding of the various types and purposes of educational assessment and identify best practices for local assessment development.
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This webinar from the Rhode Island Department of Education is focused on the process for writing an objective statement. Participants will learn the four-step process: examining your standards and curriculum, determine the priority of content, write an objective statement, and check the scope or grain size.
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Participants of this webinar from the Rhode Island Department of Education will understand how SLOs are an integral part of curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Participants also will learn the key steps to take in order to implement SLOs successfully.
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This sample from the Rhode Island Department of Education is a student learning objective for a school nurse working with ninth-grade students.
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This sample from the Rhode Island Department of Education is a student learning objective for library media for Grades 10 and 11.
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This sample SLO from the Rhode Island Department of Education is a student learning objective for reading specialists working with Grades 7–8.
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This sample SLO by the Rhode Island Department of Education for library specialists is focused on sixth grade students.
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This sample from the Rhode Island Department of Education is a student learning objective for speech and language pathologists working with Grades K–1.
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This sample from the Rhode Island Department of Education is a student learning objective for library media for fifth-grade students.
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This sample SLO from the Rhode Island Department of Education is for a library specialist and focused on 2ndnd-grade students.
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This sample SLO from the Rhode Island Department of Education is for principals and focused on first- and second-grade literacy.
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This sample special education SLO from the Rhode Island Department of Education is focused on students with severe intellectual disabilities in sixth grade.
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This sample SLO from the Rhode Island Department of Education is focused on special education English language arts for Grades 1–2.
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This sample SLO from the Rhode Island Department of Education is aimed at 9–10th-grade theater.
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This sample SLO from the Rhode Island Department is focused on 11th-grade chemistry.
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This sample from the Rhode Island Department of Education is a student learning objective for ninth-grade mathematics.
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This sample from the Rhode Island Department of Education is a student learning objective for 10th-grade history.
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This Rhode Island Department of Education sample SLO is aimed at 11th-grade health.
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This sample SLO available from the Rhode Island Department of Education is for 10th-grade French.
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This sample from the Rhode Island Department of Education is a student learning objective for English language arts for 11th grade.
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This sample SLO available from the Rhode Island Department of Education is for culinary arts for Grades 10–11.
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This sample SLO available from the Rhode Island Department of Education is for seventh-grade Spanish.
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This sample from the Rhode Island Department of Education is a student learning objective for eighth-grade social studies.
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This Rhode Island Department of Education sample student learning objective is for Grade 8 science.
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Available from the Rhode Island Department of Education, this sample student learning objective is for Grade 8 physical education.
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This sample from the Rhode Island Department of Education is a student learning objective for chorus for Grades 7 and 8.
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This Rhode Island Department of Education sample student learning objective is for Grade 7 mathematics.
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This sample from the Rhode Island of Education is a student learning objective for Grade 6 English Language Arts.
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This sample SLO available by the Rhode Island of Education is for pre-K mathematics.
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This sample from the Rhode Island Department of Education is a student learning objective for pre-K literacy.
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This sample SLO from the Maryland Department of Education is aimed at skill development for physical education at the middle school level.
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This sample SLO from the Maryland Department of Education is targeted at skill development for physical education at the elementary level.
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This sample from the Maryland Department of Education is a student learning objective for content knowledge for physical education at the high school level.
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This sample from the Maryland Department of Education is a student learning objective for content knowledge for physical education at the middle school level.
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This sample student learning objective from the Maryland Department of Education is for content knowledge for physical education at the elementary level.
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This sample from the Maryland Department of Education demonstrates a learning objective for third-grade mathematics.
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This sample from the Maryland Department of Education demonstrates a learning objective for second-grade ESOL students.
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This fourth video in a series by the Maryland Department of Education discusses the critical components of high-quality SLOs.
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This third video in a series by the Maryland Department of Education explains the benefits of SLOs.
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This second video in a series by the Maryland Department of Education explains the process of formulating SLOs.
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This first video in a series by the Maryland Department of Education introduces the concept of SLOs.
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This presentation from the Maryland Department of Education is focused on providing tools and resources to assist districts with delivering professional development on SLOs to teachers and principals.
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The Ohio Department of Education developed additional guidance on developing SLOs for teachers of world languages. This guidance provides a link to new world language standards and potential assessments when developing world language SLOs. This document provides answers to some common questions on developing world language SLOs.
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This sample from the Ohio Department of Education is a student learning objective for literacy for low-incidence students in Grades K–2.
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This sample from the Ohio Department of Education is a student learning objective for mathematics for Grades K–2 and low-incidence students.
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This sample from the Ohio Department of Education is a student learning objective for eighth-grade social studies.
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This sample from the Ohio Department of Education is a student learning objective for U.S. government.
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This Ohio Department of Education sample student learning objective is focused on sixth grade science.
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This sample from the Ohio Department of Education demonstrates a learning objective for Algebra II for students in Grades 10–12.
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This sample from the Ohio Department of Education is a student learning objective for gifted and talented students learning critical thinking skills in Grades 3–6.
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This sample from the Ohio Department of Education is a student learning objective for gifted and talented students learning research skills in Grades 3–5.
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This sample SLO from the Ohio Department of Education is focused on first grade reading.
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This sample SLO from the Ohio Department of Education is focused on an introduction to art in high school.
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This four-part webinar series from the Ohio Department of education is intended to help participants plan for and participate in SLO calibration. SLO calibration is the process of ensuring, through systematic comparison, that SLO reviews are conducted to a similar standard. Participants will learn how to effectively use the SLO checklist for reviewing SLOs, provide specific feedback to assist teachers in strengthening SLOs, and actively participate in consistent review and approval of SLOs.
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This four-part video series from the Ohio Department of Education is focused on writing SLOs. It is intended for use by teachers who have student data available to them. This module has participants learn to develop a complete SLO using their own available data.
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This four-part video series from the Ohio Department of Education is focused on writing SLOs. This module is intended to be used by teachers who do not have data available to them. At the end of this video module, participants should be able to explain the SLO development process and develop a complete SLO.
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The Ohio Department of Education created a checklist embedded in a template for writing SLOs. The checklist includes indicators of a high-quality SLO for each component of Ohio’s SLOs: baseline and trend data, student population, interval of instruction, standards and content, assessments, growth targets, and rationale for growth targets.
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The Arizona Department of Education created a rubric to guide districts in determining their readiness to implement SLOs. The rubric examines the local education agency’s (LEA’s) shared vision, ability to determine students’ level of preparedness, availability of assessments, setting SLOs and monitoring progress, and site capacity. The rubric provides indicators to determine if an LEA is not yet ready, moving toward readiness, or ready to implement SLOs.
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This guidebook from the Arizona Department of Education outlines the process for developing SLOs. It provides guidance and details for each step, including determining students’ level of preparedness, choosing quality assessments, setting SLOs, monitoring progress and refining instruction, and reviewing results. The guidebook includes several templates to complete and approve SLOs.
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This rubric from Harrison School District Two determines the quality of a performance growth goal and helps establish the scoring of a goal. The rubric is divided into seven levels of quality and performance, and includes indicators of the quality of the goal for each level.
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Harrison School District Two created a performance growth goal scoring sheet. This tool includes checkboxes for an evaluator to score a performance goal based on the Individual Student Achievement Goal rubric. It also includes space for both the teacher and evaluator to write comments on the goal.
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Harrison School District Two developed a template for teachers to complete their performance growth goals. This template includes space for teachers to state their goals, the data they analyzed to determine their goal, their plan of action, and the final evaluation of the goal.
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In Harrison School District Two in Colorado, teachers develop one performance growth goal focused on student achievement, a second on teacher practice, and a third of their choosing. This guidebook outlines the process for developing performance growth goals, beginning on page 63. It includes the goal templates and a rubric to determine the quality of the goal and the level at which the teacher met his or her goal.
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This worksheet from St. Vrain Valley Schools, Colorado, explains the types of student learning targets available and the types of growth targets that teachers can set, depending on their assessment and baseline data. The worksheet provides a couple of data sets and asks participants to develop a student learning target based on the data. The worksheet concludes with several guiding questions for participants to work on based on the growth target they developed.
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This SLO template from the New York State Department of Education includes space for educators to write on each required component of an SLO for the state. These components include population, learning content, interval of instructional time, evidence, baseline, targets, scoring, and rationale.
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SLOs serve as one locally selected measure option for districts in New York. This presentation provides a road map for districts as they implement the SLO process and will help them consider how SLOs will fit into the larger context of the full teacher evaluation system.
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The New York State Department of Education created this webinar to provide practical steps for successfully closing out the SLO process. This webinar will enable principals, district leaders, and teachers to consider systems for scoring assessments used within SLOs, translate outcomes into scores, determine ratings, and reflect on results to inform instructional approaches.
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Some districts permit teachers to develop schoolwide SLOs as one measure of student growth. This webinar from the New York State Department of Education discusses how to develop a schoolwide SLO using a high school academic intervention services teacher as an example.
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Teachers with small class sizes have unique challenges in developing growth targets for their SLOs. This webinar from the New York State Department of Education explores alternative target-setting approaches for use within SLOs, particularly for teachers with small class sizes.
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The New York State Department of Education developed this webinar to explore a variety of target-setting models, including individual growth targets, classwide minimum rigor, classwide growth to mastery, banded/range-based, and Half to 100/Close the Gap. This webinar examines criteria that align with the target-setting models, considerations when setting targets, and outcomes based on the various target-setting models.
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In this webinar from the New York State Department of Education, participants will explore aspects of preparing for and developing SLOs, identify key actions to increase efficiency and quality of SLO development, and consider various resources that support the different stages of work. This webinar is intended for principals and other building leaders who are managing and leading the SLO process.
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This sample SLO from the New York State Department of Education is focused on U.S. history in an alternative program. The majority of the students in this SLO are classified with an individualized education plan.
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This New York State Department of Education sample SLO is focused on Advanced Placement U.S. history.
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This sample SLO from the New York State Department of Education is focused on U.S. history.
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This New York State Department of Education sample SLO is focused on Spanish I.
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This sample SLO from the New York State Department of Education is focused on seventh-grade science.
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This New York State Department of Education sample SLO is focused on the principles of business.
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This sample SLO from the New York State Department of Education is focused on physics.
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This sample SLO from the New York State Department of Education is focused on math of finance, which covers the stock market, banking services, and income taxes.
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This sample SLO from the New York State Department of Education is focused on math of finance, which covers the stock market, banking services, and income taxes.
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This New York State Department of Education sample SLO is focused on law enforcement.
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This sample SLO from the New York State Department of Education is focused on integrated algebra. This sample also includes a roster used to identify individual students included in the SLO and captures other relevant data, such as baseline performance, targets, and summative performance.
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This New York State Department of Education sample SLO is focused on global history and geography.
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This New York State Department of Education sample SLO is focused on equine and animal science.
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This sample SLO from the New York State Department of Education is focused on computer applications.
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This New York State Department of Education sample SLO is focused on building trades.
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This sample SLO from the New York State Department of Education is focused on third-grade general music.
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This sample SLO from the New York State Department of Education is focused on second-grade English language arts.
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Your career and technical education (CTE) teachers are uniquely positioned to improve college and career readiness for all students. Are you giving them the support they need? State education agencies (SEAs), in collaboration with CTE stakeholders, can create a talent development approach that aligns certification, evaluation, and professional learning policies to support CTE teachers' needs.
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This guidebook from the Illinois State Board of Education developed by the Illinois Performance Evaluation Advisory Council provides guidance, tools, examples, and resources to support local education agencies in designing and implementing an SLO process. The guidebook provides some practical planning steps for districts to develop an SLO process and to implement this process.
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This sample SLO from the Maryland State Department of Education is focused on elementary physical education.
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This Maryland State Department of Education sample SLO is focused on mathematics for Grade 7.
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This sample SLO from the Maryland State Department of Education is focused on Foundations of Technology for Grade 9.
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This Maryland State Department of Education sample SLO is focused on cosmetology for Grade 10.
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This sample SLO from the Maryland State Department of Education is focused on high school biology.
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In December 2012, the Maryland State Department of Education presented on the quality assurance process for SLOs. This presentation outlines quality control components, provides guidance, templates and tools, establishes the priority of standard, provides details on how to determine and score rigorous targets, and identifies high-quality , common assessments. Along with these components, additional time is devoted to monitoring and auditing the SLO process.
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The Maryland State Department of Education developed this presentation to illustrate how SLOs align with the goals for the state’s Race to the Top initiative. The presentation discusses the purpose of using SLOs, explains the development and implementation process around SLOs, and discusses how to plan for key considerations in piloting the implementation of SLOs.
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The Maryland State Department of Education developed a rubric to assist with principals with the review and approval of teacher SLOs. The rubric is designed to help principals ensure consistency among the individual components and that the SLO reflects careful planning and thoughtful reflection that will support successful implementation and accomplishment of the SLO targets. There are four domains within the rubric: priority of standard, rigor of target, quality of measure and evidence, and action, and each domain includes a set of criteria.
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This template, developed by the Maryland State Department of Education, includes the components of an objective summary statement, data review and baseline evidence, student population, learning content, instructional interval, target, evidence of growth, strategies, professional development and support, and results. The template also includes a place to track the initial conference, approval, midinterval review, end of instructional interval conference and the final rating.
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The Maryland State Department of Education developed a guidebook for the use of SLOs in its state model for educator effectiveness. The guidebook describes the rationale for using SLOs, how SLOs fit into the Maryland’s State Model for Educator Effectiveness, what an SLO is, and how to use SLOs to evaluate educator effectiveness. The guidebook also discusses how SLOs relate to professional practice.
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The Hawaii Department of Education developed a presentation on how to rate the quality of an SLO. The purpose of this presentation is to increase the understanding of what constitutes a quality SLO by using the Rating for the Quality of SLOs rubric. The presentation discusses each component of Hawaii’s SLOs and examines the differences between the three levels within the rubric.
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This guidebook from the Hawaii Department of Education provides step-by-step instructions to help teachers with planning to write their SLOs. The guidebook provides a brief description for each component of Hawaii’s SLOs and guiding questions to complete that section of the SLO. In order to help teachers choose an appropriate assessment, the guidebook includes a checklist to assess the quality of assessments used in SLOs.
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This tool from the Hawaii Department of Education is a rubric for rating the quality of SLOs. It can be used by teachers, administrators, and evaluators to evaluate the components of SLOs and to identify any areas that may need improvements in order for the SLO to be an acceptable quality. The rubric includes key indicators for each component of Hawaii’s SLOs, including the learning goal, the assessments and scoring criteria, expected targets, and instructional strategies.
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The Hawaii Department of Education developed a template for teachers to complete their SLOs. This template requires the population, learning goal, assessment, scoring criteria, expected targets, instructional strategies, and the final results.
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This sample SLO from the Hawaii Department of Education is focused on level 2 Japanese for Grades 9–12.
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This Hawaii Department of Education sample SLO is focused on world languages for Grades 7–8.
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This sample SLO from the Hawaii Department of Education is focused on world languages for kindergarten.
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This sample SLO from the Hawaii Department of Education is focused on special education in mathematics for Grades 1–5.
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This sample SLO from the Hawaii Department of Education is focused on special education for English language arts for Grade 7.
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This Hawaii Department of Education sample SLO is focused on special education in English language arts for Grades K–6.
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This sample SLO from the Hawaii Department of Education is focused on special education for English language arts in prekindergarten.
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This sample SLO from the Hawaii Department of Education is focused on social studies for Grade 10.
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This Hawaii Department of Education sample SLO is focused on social studies for Grade 8.
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This sample SLO from the Hawaii Department of Education is focused on kindergarten social studies.
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This sample SLO from the Hawaii Department of Education is focused on high school biology.
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This sample SLO from the Hawaii Department of Education is focused on science for Grade 8.
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This Hawaii Department of Education sample SLO is focused on science for Grade 4.
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This sample SLO from the Hawaii Department of Education is focused on high school physical education.
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This sample SLO from the Hawaii Department of Education is focused on middle school physical education.
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This sample SLO from the Hawaii Department of Education is focused on physical education for Grades 3–5.
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This Hawaii Department of Education sample SLO is for a high school librarian.
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This sample SLO from the Hawaii Department of Education is for middle school counselors.
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This sample SLO from the Hawaii Department of Education is for elementary school counselors.
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This sample SLO from the Hawaii Department of Education is for complex area resource teachers.
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This sample SLO from the Hawaii Department of Education is focused on Algebra 2 for Grades 9–12.
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This Hawaii Department of Education sample SLO is focused on mathematics for Grade 2.
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This sample SLO from the Hawaii Department of Education is focused on health for Grade 10.
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This sample SLO from the Hawaii Department of Education is focused on health for Grade 7.
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This Hawaii Department of Education sample SLO is focused on health for Grades 3–5.
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This sample SLO from the Hawaii Department of Education is focused on music for Grade 3.
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This Hawaii Department of Education sample SLO is focused on chorus for Grade 7.
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This sample SLO from the Hawaii Department of Education is focused on band for Grade 11.
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This sample English language arts SLO from the Hawaii Department of Education is focused on Grades 11–12.
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This Hawaii Department of Education sample SLO is focused on English language arts for Grade 7.
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This sample SLO from the Hawaii Department of Education is focused on English language arts for Grade 6.
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This Hawaii Department of Education sample SLO is focused on English language arts for Grade 5.
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This Hawaii Department of Education sample career and technical education SLO is focused on natural resources production for Grades 11–12.
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This sample career technical education SLO from the Hawaii Department of Education is focused on hospitality for Grade 11.
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This sample career technical education SLO from the Hawaii Department of Education is focused on health services for Grade 11.
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Discover how to improve instruction through evaluation by using student learning objectives and other measures.
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Find out how to use student growth in evaluating teachers of students with disabilities.
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Learn the basics of SLOs including the process and approaches to creating guidance for states in the early stages of implementation.
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This sample SLO from Howard County Public Schools, MD is focused on Junior Reserve Officers Training (JROTC).
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Student learning objectives (SLOs) can offer significant benefits to educators and to an educator evaluation system, but successful implementation of SLOs requires preparation, planning, and oversight. Sufficient capacity is needed at the district and school level to support implementation. This SLO Implementation Scorecard from the American Institutes for Research provides a snapshot assessment of your district's or school's readiness to implement SLOs.
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These sample SLOs from Denver Public Schools are focused on Library Media Specialists.
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These sample SLOs from Denver Public Schools are focused on specialists including nurses, pychologists, and social workers.
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These sample SLOs from Denver Public Schools are focused on elementary literacy from early childhood education through 5th grade.
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These sample SLOs from Denver Public Schools are focused on math and include examples for early childhood education through 5th grade.
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This sample SLO from the Georgia Department of Education is focused on Advanced Placement U.S. Government and Poltics.
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This sample SLO from the Georgia Department of Education is focused on second grade reading.
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Office of the State Superintendent of Instruction, Washington, D.C.
Based on an informal survey of LEAs in the District of Columbia focused on their major technical challenges in implementing teacher evaluations, Angela Minnici presented on growth measures for nontested grades and subjects, use of rubrics and inter-rater reliability, and summative scoring methods. During the presentation, participants shared their implementation process and received feedback from the presenters on their current challenges and implementation strategies.
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This presentation discusses potential student growth measures for teachers of nontested grades and subjects.
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This sample SLO from the New York State Education Department is focused on high school global history.
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This sample SLO is from the New York State Education Department is focused on English Language Arts and literacy for English lanaguage learners.
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This sample SLO from the New York State Education Department is focused on English Language Arts for kindergarten.
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This sample SLO from the New York State Education Department is focused on culinary arts for 11th grade.
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This sample SLO from the Ohio Department of Education is focused on grade 12 AP environmental science.
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This sample SLO from the Ohio Department of Education is focused on financial literacy for grades 9-12
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Participants will explore student learning objectives (SLOs) basics and practice reviewing and scoring SLOs.
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The Ohio Department of Education provides step-by-step instructions of the SLO scoring process in this guidebook. It includes a scoring template with instructions and a scoring matrix to determine SLO ratings that align with the state’s value-added scores.
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This guidebook from the Ohio Department of Education provides guidance on choosing an assessment for writing SLOs. The document includes a checklist for selecting appropriate assessments to ensure that the assessment chosen meets the basic requirements.
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This sample SLO from the Rhode Island Department of Education is focused on Electrical/Robotics/Pre-Engineering for students in grade 12 and uses multiple measures.
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This sample SLO from the Rhode Island Department of Education is focused on semester long physical education course for students in fifth grade and uses multiple measures.
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This sample SLO from the Rhode Island Department of Education is focused on visual arts for third grade students and uses a portfolio assessment.
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This sample SLO from the Rhode Island Department of Education is focused on science for fourth grade students.
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This sample SLO from the Rhode Island Department of Education is focused on mathematics for first grade students.
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This sample SLO from the Rhode Island Department of Education is for a special education teacher in a co-teaching environment focused on Algebra for students in grade 9.
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This is a sample SLO for a building Administrator focused on high school mathematics for grades 9-10 from the Rhode Island Department of Education.
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This guidebook from the Rhode Island Department of Education provides educators an update to the changes made to the state’s SLO process. The guidebook reviews the process for setting, approving, monitoring, and scoring SLOs for the state. The appendix includes guidance on selecting quality assessments.
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This guide from the Ohio Department of Education provides Ohio’s LEAs with guidance on implementing SLOs. This guide explains what is an SLO and the steps for setting SLOs. The paper also provides districts with guidance on setting SLO policies and reviews some challenges and solutions for implementing SLOs.
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The Austin Independent School District developed a rubric to determine the level of rigor of SLOs. The rubric provides descriptors for exemplary, proficient, progressing, and does not meet standard SLOs and examines the assessment, objective, and growth target. Included with the rubric is an SLO quality of entry checklist which lists the components and expectations for each component of an SLO.
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This worksheet from the Austin Independent School District is the district’s template for writing SLOs. The worksheet includes a template for writing an individual SLO and a team SLO. Teachers working on this handout must complete the different sections of their SLO by identifying the student growth, objectives, assessment, and the growth target.
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This handbook from the Indiana Department of Education defines an SLO and its purpose. The manual provides an overview of how SLOs fit into the teacher evaluation context in Indiana and then provides step-by-step instructions on how to write an SLO. There are several example SLOs also included in the handbook.
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The Indiana Department of Education developed several example SLOs. This document includes:
- Kindergarten – 2nd Grade Teacher
- 5th or 7tlh grade Social Studies
- 4th or 6th grade Science
- Elementary Music Education
- Elementary English Language Learner
- Middle School English language arts
- 10th grade English
- High School AP Chemistry Teacher
- 11th Grade U.S. History
- High School Drama
- High School Geometry
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This manual from the New York State Department of Education provides background on SLOs and describes the rules for setting SLOs in New York. This guidebook also provides guidance on scoring SLOs and the steps for districts to implement SLOs.
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This video from the New York State Education Department provides an introduction to SLOs and explains the elements of an SLO. The video also describes what additional resources are available to New York educators.
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This video from the New York State Education Department provides guidance on how to construct an SLO. The video also explains how to use the multi-state SLO rubric to measure the quality of an SLO.
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This video from the New York State Education Department explains how to develop an SLO using trend data in order to inform and determine appropriate growth targets. The video explores two examples: a U.S. History Regents course where the summative measure will be the Regents exam and an 8th grade science class that culminates in a state assessment.
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This video from the New York State Education Department reviews the state’s 50% rule. The video addresses how to determine whether or not a teacher will need to write an SLO and how to determine for which course he or she will write SLOs. The 50% rule is explained using four examples: an 8th grade ELA and social studies teacher, elementary physical education teacher, high school science teacher, and an inclusion teacher.
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This video from the New York State Education Department covers how to develop a school-wide SLO. The video uses a high school Academic Intervention Services teacher as an example.
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This video from the New York State Education Department provides guidance on how to create SLOs for librarians. It covers how to distinguish characteristics of a school-wide SLO for a Librarian, uses three guiding questions to work through decision points, and how to complete all eight sections of the New York SLO template.
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This video from the New York State Education Department explains the basics of SLOs for principals. It also discusses what might be different from the SLOs that teachers are developing.
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This video from the New York State Education Department explains how principals determine how many SLOs are required for them to meet the 30% rule. Two sample SLOs are explained in detail for an elementary and a high school principals.
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This webinar from the New York State Education Department is designed to support districts as they implement SLOs. The webinar provides background and the basics of SLOs. It explores the relationship between SLOs, the Common Core State Standards, data-driven instruction, evidence-based observations, local measures of student achievement, and the difference between the state, district, school, and teacher’s role within the SLO process.
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This webinar from the New York State Education Department provides district leaders with the role the Common Core plays in SLOS and key messages for SLOs. The webinar provides a timeline for five key district-level SLO decisions and provides tools for district leaders to make the first three of their five SLO decision.
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This sample SLO from the Rhode Island Department of Education is for a building Administrator focused on middle school mathematics for grades 6-8.
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This sample SLO from the Rhode Island Department of Education is for a building Administrator focused on elementary English language arts for grades 1-2.
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This tool from the Rhode Island Department of Education guides educators as they write and review teacher’s SLOs. This tool is not a rubric or checklist but a guide to assist in determining if the main criteria are acceptable. The tool breaks down the different components of an SLO and provides descriptive indicators whether the component is acceptable or needs revision.
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This handout from the Rhode Island Department of Education provides criteria and guidance for a strong SLO. Educator and evaluators will find this guide helpful as they write or review and approve SLOs.
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The Rhode Island Department of Education developed this guide to provide educators strategies for writing and revising SLOs. The guide provides the steps necessary to writing an SLO in Rhode Island and best practices based on their first year of implementing SLOs.
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Data provide a way to assess what students are learning and the extent to which students are making progress toward goals. In this paper, What Works Clearinghouse describes how data can provide educators with the information to make instructional changes to improve student achievement. The paper includes a list of recommendations for effectively using data to make instructional decisions.
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The Race to the Top Reform Support Network developed a toolkit designed to help states, districts, and schools implement student learning objectives (SLOs). This toolkit provides a step-by-step process for developing SLOs and includes examples from other districts and states that have already implemented SLOs. The paper concludes with links to resources and materials on SLOs from other states and districts.
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The New Teacher Project conducted an evaluation study of the pilot RISE evaluation system in Indiana. This report focuses on implementation challenges and successes experienced during Indiana’s pilot year.
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Incorporating student growth measures into educator evaluation systems is particularly challenging for teachers of non-tested grades and subjects. This paper provides an overview of possible measurement tools and approaches for non-tested grades and subjects and discusses some technical challenges with each of these approaches. It also recommends that states consider broadening student learning objectives as a framework for incorporating student performance into educator evaluations.
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This report from American Institutes for Research describes the benefits and challenges for implementing student learning objectives (SLOs) as student growth measures for educator evaluation. For each challenged identified, the paper provides some possible solutions from other states and districts implementing SLOs.
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In order to support SLO implementation and sustainability, states and districts can provide resources for teachers, evaluators, and student learning objective (SLO) leaders to improve the quality of SLOs, the rigor of assessments, and consistency of scoring. American Institutes for Research outlines the importance of these resources and the various implementation supports in this paper. The paper provides details on the implementation elements needed to support the rigor, comparability, and sustainability of the SLO process.
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This study from the Center for American Progress conducted teacher interviews from one district implementing a new teacher evaluation system. The study examined how teachers view the evaluation system and whether their views vary by performance level. It also explored whether and how the evaluation system influenced teaching practice.
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This report from American Institutes for Research provides guidance on how to successfully use student learning objectives (SLOs) in performance-based compensation systems. The report introduces SLOs and provides strategies for supporting the rigor, comparability, and sustainability of the SLO process. In addition, the report describes the SLO process for two performance-based compensation systems in Denver and Austin.
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This case study from The Aspen Institute describes the development and implementation of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Schools (CMS) teacher evaluation system. This paper discusses the challenges and lessons learned from the CMS initiative.
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The Community Training and Assistance Center conducted a comprehensive study of the impact of Denver Public School’s four-year Pay for Performance pilot. Teachers at the pilot schools developed two annual student learning objectives (SLOs) and received additional compensation if they met their objectives. This study examined Denver’s SLOs including their substance, quality, and relationship to student achievement.
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The Community Training and Assistance Center conducted an evaluation of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ performance-based compensation initiative, Leadership for Educators’ Advanced Performance (LEAP). This initiative introduced SLO implementation, and teachers could earn bonuses for demonstrated increases in student growth according to performance on SLOs or value-added results. This study examined whether or not the growth targets set by teachers for their SLOs were met and the relationship between the quality of each SLO and the attainment of the growth target.
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This sample SLO from the Rhode Island Department of Education is focused on social students for third grade students and uses a portfolio assessment.
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This recorded webinar from the Rhode Island Department of Education reviews the process of writing SLOs for teachers. The webinar provides guides and best-practices for writing SLOs and highlights resources for Rhode Island teachers to utilize throughout the year.
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American Institutes for Research developed this paper to provide states and districts with an introduction to student learning objectives (SLOs) and the SLO development process. The paper reviews the steps necessary to develop an SLO and the SLO evaluation cycle. The appendix also includes SLO examples, a template for the analysis of student data, and an SLO checklist rubric.
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The Austin Independent School District produced a manual on developing SLOs for its strategic compensation initiative, REACH. This manual describes what an SLO is and the process for developing SLOs for Austin teachers.
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This three-part webinar series is discusses the use of schoolwide growth, student learning objectives, and building or buying assessments.
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Discover helpful advice for states on creating business rules for student learning objectives, such as exceptions for students with poor attendance or teachers on leave.
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In this webinar, the strengths and weakness of different evaluation system models are explored and then presented in a local context to participants in Maine.