Ohio Department of Education Educators

Student growth measures (SGMs) are a method for determining how much academic progress students are making by measuring growth between two points in time. In essence, any assessment available to educators will be considered a student growth measure when used to evaluate progress or growth, provided the assessment is rigorous and comparable across classrooms. 

Student Growth Measures FAQs (May 8, 2013)
Student Learning Objectives FAQs (NEW April 29, 2013)

Evaluation Components: Teacher Performance and Student Growth Measures

Business Rules for Student Growth Measures - Addresses technical questions about SGMs, including those regarding teachers with highly mobile student populations or extremely high or low numbers of students. Districts and schools should assume all teachers included in the new evaluation system per state law will have growth measures unless these business rules state otherwise. 

Policy Update on Value-Added - Outlines changes to policies on the use of Value-Added data in OTES, specifically how extended reporting will be integrated into evaluation and the Electronic Teacher and Principal Evaluation Systems (eTPES).   

The documents below detail the student growth measures component of the Ohio Teacher Evaluation System. 

• Student Growth Measures for Teacher Evaluation (UPDATED 02/07/13) 
• Student Growth Measures for Principal Evaluation 
• Steps for Designing a Local Student Growth Measures Plan
• ODE Approved List of Vendor Assessments  (Updated 02/21/2013)
• Combining Student Growth Measures Scores 
• Student Growth Measures Itinerant Document (NEW May 3, 2013)

• Additional Information on Student Growth Measures    
  

LEA- Developed Student Growth Measures Pilot
The Ohio Department of Education has awarded individual PreK-12 LEAs to pilot a locally-developed student growth measures (SGMs) plan. The program will provide LEAs support as they design and deploy a locally determined SGMs plan.

Student Growth Measures Pilot Awardees
Liberty Center	Mechanicsburg EV	Kenston Local
Shelby City	Morgan Local	Southern Local
Hamilton City	Parma City	Scioto Valley
Fairborn City	Avon Lake City	Milton-Union

Public School Districts Completing Roster Verification for the First Time (New! 03/18/2013)

STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES

SLO overview (April 2013)

One option for locally determined student growth measures is Student Learning Objectives. ODE strongly recommends every LEA that is not fully implementing the new teacher evaluation system in the 2012-13 school year use this time to pilot student learning objectives. Districts should have all teachers create at least one SLO using the state designed tools and resources, to gain experience with the process. More resources will be added to this page as they become available.

• Student Learning Objectives Guidebook  (April 2013)
   
• Sample Template for Analysis of Student Data 
  
• Guidance on Selecting Assessments for SLOs  (April 2013)
  
• Scoring the Individual SLO (April 2013) 
  • SLO Scoring Template 
  • Sample SLO Scoring
  • Student Learning Objective (SLO) Template for creating SLOs
    
• Student Learning Objective (SLO) Template Checklist for writing and approving SLOs
  
• SLO Requirements and Recommendations 
• Sample Principal SLO 
• SLO Pilot Grant Awards 2012 
   
• Overview of Student Learning Objectives
  Part 1: Student Growth Measures 
  (NEW 5/3/2013)
  Ohio Department of Education
  Race to the Top Connect the Dots Conference
  March 22, 2013
  
• Overview of Student Learning Objectives
  Part 2: Student Learning Objectives
  (NEW 5/3/2013)
  Ohio Department of Education
  Race to the Top Connect the Dots Conference
  March 22, 2013
  
• Sample Student Learning Objectives- annotated by ODE - These sample SLOs indicate what makes a high-quality SLO and provide a template for writing your own SLO.
  
• SLO Help Desk  -  Teachers, principals and district staff can get answers to common questions about developing and implementing SLOs. Help Desk staff will not evaluate SLOs or assessments for quality and rigor. Continue to send general questions about student growth measures to the Student Growth Measures mailbox, below.   

For questions about Student Growth Measures:
SGM@education.ohio.gov
614-644-7446 or 614-995-4121

Student Growth Measure and Alignment Specialists:

NAME	RttT REGION	ESC	PHONE
Rice, Chad	SE	Muskingum Valley	740-408-2786
Robinson, Mark	NE	Mahoning County	440-554-4950
Huber, Donna	Central	Mid-Ohio	419-295-9418
Ealy, Apryl	NW	Auglaize County	419-674-3663
Wagoner, Katrina	SW	Hamilton County	937-515-0376

For questions about the the *ODE-approved list of assessments:
Larry.Early@education.ohio.gov
(*For questions about the actual assessments, please contact the respective vendors directly.)

For questions about eTPES:
eTPES@education.ohio.gov
Tech Support (615) 467-6387

For questions or additional information about the Ohio Teacher Evaluation System:
Evaluation@education.ohio.gov
614-752-8996

For additional information about the Ohio Principal Evaluation System:
Evaluation@education.ohio.gov
614-752-8996

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