PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT for LEADERS M A S S A C H U S E T T S PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT for LEADERS M A S S A C H U S E T T S Massachusetts Performance Assessment for Leaders: Leadership Preparation Programs March 21, 2016

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT for LEADERS M A S S A C H U S E T T S Welcome Update on Program Year Preparing and supporting candidates for PAL Preparing for Program Year Questions Agenda Page 2 Taking the Lead: Assessing Leaders; Improving Schools

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT for LEADERS M A S S A C H U S E T T S PAL Assessment Tasks Task 1 Leadership through a Vision for High Student Achievement (with an emphasis on student learning culture) Task 2 Instructional Leadership for a Professional Learning Culture. Task 3 Leadership in Observing, Assessing and Supporting Individual Teacher Effectiveness. Task 4 Leadership for Family Engagement and Community Involvement (with an emphasis on school-family culture)

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT for LEADERS M A S S A C H U S E T T S Better quality and completion of submissions Better alignment of the task submissions with the purposes of the tasks (e.g. forming professional learning culture; engaging family and community) Greater adherence to instructions which facilitates scoring Feedback on candidate submissions to date Page 4 Taking the Lead: Assessing Leaders; Improving Schools

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT for LEADERS M A S S A C H U S E T T S Very few questions have been raised this year Most questions are about exceptional schools, such as new schools or schools for special populations and the limited available quantitative data A few questions to clarify the cut-scores Candidate and program director questions Page 5 Taking the Lead: Assessing Leaders; Improving Schools

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT for LEADERS M A S S A C H U S E T T S Anticipating 500 candidates to make submissions About 20% have been submitting work so far Most programs are anticipating candidate submissions in May and June, just before the June 30 th deadline – May lead to delays in finalizing scoring – Requires us to have more scorers for the three month period May-July (so will be training in April) – Encourage candidates to start submitting now, if work is completed Pacing Page 6 Taking the Lead: Assessing Leaders; Improving Schools

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT for LEADERS M A S S A C H U S E T T S Sharing resources and materials – Candidate assessment handbook – Administrative guide – Website resources and materials – ShowEvidence resources Clarify understanding of policy expectations Clarify the Rules of Assessment Participation Clarify guidelines for providing candidates with information through the assessment completion process Review the tasks and program coursework, field work expectations and other assessments for alignment and support Communication and support with faculty and staff Page 7 Taking the Lead: Assessing Leaders; Improving Schools

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT for LEADERS M A S S A C H U S E T T S Confidentiality Originality and authorship Conditions when work is collaborative Rules of Assessment Participation Page 8 Taking the Lead: Assessing Leaders; Improving Schools

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT for LEADERS M A S S A C H U S E T T S Required for three of the four tasks Guiding candidates on performing task work collaboratively – Have an identifiable leadership role within the collaborative relationship – Ensure that collaboration is with broader school community and not just others completing the tasks Guiding candidates on reporting on task work performed collaboratively – Describe own role and roles of others in the collaboration – Adhere to appropriate standards for attribution of work, as done for any published and unpublished information – Submit self-authored work, not a commonly created document Supporting collaborative work Page 9 Taking the Lead: Assessing Leaders; Improving Schools

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT for LEADERS M A S S A C H U S E T T S Items are flagged if 50% or more identical text is detected in two or more submissions (artifacts or commentaries only). Submissions are pulled from scoring and submitted to ESE for legal review. Rules of Assessment Participation consequences are clearly outlined and available in the Candidate Assessment Handbook. Irregularities Page 10 Taking the Lead: Assessing Leaders; Improving Schools

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT for LEADERS M A S S A C H U S E T T S “Any submitted work that raises questions about possible irregularities, such as cheating, fraud or plagiarism will be temporarily removed from scoring and set aside for further investigation and review by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Candidates will be notified that their submissions are being reviewed for irregularities. Following the review, candidates will be notified of the outcomes and next steps. The PAL Rules of Assessment Participation outline the possible consequences if irregularities are found and confirmed.” Cheating, fraud and plagiarism policy for PAL Page 11 Taking the Lead: Assessing Leaders; Improving Schools

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT for LEADERS M A S S A C H U S E T T S Professional development benefits Diversity and quality of the scorer pool Readiness for on-going assessment support Scorer Recruitment Page 12 Taking the Lead: Assessing Leaders; Improving Schools

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT for LEADERS M A S S A C H U S E T T S Leadership Preparation Program Sharing Sharing program experiences Page 13 Taking the Lead: Assessing Leaders; Improving Schools

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT for LEADERS M A S S A C H U S E T T S Effective July 1: – Change in overall passing score from 2.5 to 2.75 – Minimum task score threshold of 2.1 remains the same Transition from Bank Street to new vendor Preparing for Program Year Page 14 Taking the Lead: Assessing Leaders; Improving Schools

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT for LEADERS M A S S A C H U S E T T S Date: Monday, May 23 rd Time: 10am-12pm Location: Worcester State Meeting to discuss transition Page 15 Taking the Lead: Assessing Leaders; Improving Schools

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT for LEADERS M A S S A C H U S E T T S Questions ? Page 16 Taking the Lead: Assessing Leaders; Improving Schools

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT for LEADERS M A S S A C H U S E T T S For more questions, please us at: Thank you! Page 17 Taking the Lead: Assessing Leaders; Improving Schools