Student Learning Objectives (SLO)

This is a sample SLO from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education focused on fifth-grade science.

This is a sample SLO from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education focused on fourth-grade special education English language arts.

This is a sample SLO from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education focused on fourth-grade English language arts.

This is a sample SLO from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education focused on third-grade math.

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. 

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. 

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.  

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. 

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. 

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.