Student Learning Objectives (SLO)

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.

This is a sample SLO from the Illinois State Board of Education for high school students in welding.

This is a sample SLO from the Illinois State Board of Education for seventh-grade English language learner students in social studies.

This is a sample SLO from the Illinois State Board of Education for 11th and 12th graders with disabilities in mathematics.

This is a sample SLO from the Illinois State Board of Education for seventh graders in mathematics.

This is a sample SLO from the Illinois State Board of Education for ninth graders in English language arts.

This is a sample SLO from the Illinois State Board of Education for first graders in music.

This is a sample SLO from the Illinois State Board of Education for fourth graders in mathematics.

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.

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.