Student Learning Objectives (SLO)

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.

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. 

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.

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. 

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.

This is a sample SLO from Rhode Island, focused on chemistry and annotated by the Reform Support Network.

This is a sample SLO from Pennsylvania, focused on sixth-grade physical education and annotated by the Reform Support Network.

This is a sample SLO from Pennsylvania, focused on first-grade mathematics and annotated by the Reform Support Network.

This is a sample SLO from Pennsylvania, focused on cosmetology and annotated by the Reform Support Network.

This is a sample SLO from Ohio, focused on first-grade reading and annotated by the Reform Support Network.