New Jersey DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Overview of Student Growth Percentiles for New Jersey Students and Educators March 4, 2015 Bari Anhalt Erlichson, Ph.D., Assistant Commissioner/Chief Performance Officer Pete Shulman, Assistant Commissioner/Chief Talent Officer

New Jersey DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Student Growth Percentiles (SGPs) measure how much a student has progressed from one year to the next compared to peers with similar academic history from across the state in 4 th -8 th grade Language Arts and 4 th -7 th* grade Math.   All students can show growth.       What is SGP? *For , SGP does not apply to 8 th -grade math teachers. 2

New Jersey DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION A thoughtful, multi-year approach to ensure data is accurate and usable Federal Mandate for Stimulus Funds: States Must Calculate “Student Growth”; Link Teachers to Students Student SGPs Provided to All Districts in NJ SMART NJ Adopts SGP Methodology for Calculating Student Growth SGP Training Begins for Districts; SGP Video Released TEACHNJ Act Passed; Growth Measures Required for Evaluation District SGP Profile Reports Deployed via NJ SMART School SGPs Used in School Performance Reports per NJ’s Federal ESEA Waiver Teacher mSGP Reports Provided to All Districts for Learning Purposes and Data Preview Teacher Median SGP (mSGP) Reports Provided to Pilot Districts for Learning Purposes Teacher & Principal mSGP Reports Provided to All Districts for Use in Evaluations; Score Verification Process Announced Evaluation Pilot Advisory Committee Provides Feedback on Usefulness of SGP Data mSGP Score Verification & Certification Process Completed by Districts SGP Development Timeline 3

New Jersey DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Partially Proficient Gr. 3 Gr. 4Gr NJ ASK Scale Score by Grade NJ ASK Scale Proficient Advanced Proficient  Albert  Maria Effective teaching results in learning growth which can go unnoticed if only looking at proficiency; SGP is one of multiple measures to focus on growth. Growth, not Proficiency 4

New Jersey DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Albert’s Prior Scores  Academic Peers’ Prior Scores    Albert has taken the 5 th grade NJ ASK. How does his score compare to those of his academic peers? 3 rd Gr th Gr th Gr rd Gr.≈150 4 th Gr.≈160 5 th Gr.???                                                      Calculating SGP 5

New Jersey DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION NJ ASK Score Partially Proficient Proficient Advanced Proficient 250 Gr.3 Gr.5Gr.4 Partially Proficient Proficient Advanced Proficient Gr.3Gr.5Gr.4 Albert’s 5 th Grade NJ ASK ScoreAlbert’s Academic Peers’ NJ ASK Scores Albert scored 165. His academic peers scored between 110 and 200. How did Albert do in comparison to them? 29% 70% Calculating SGP 6

New Jersey DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION A comparison to his academic peers allows us to see that Albert actually outperformed 70% of students who, up until this year, performed in a similar manner to Albert. 1%99% 70% Albert’s Score  Academic Peers’ Scores    5 th Gr th Gr        SGP Calculating SGP 7

New Jersey DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SGP calculation 8 3rd4th

New Jersey DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SGP calculation 9 3rd4th SGP = 50

New Jersey DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SGP calculation 10 3rd4th SGP = 50

New Jersey DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SGP calculation 11 3rd4th SGP = 50

New Jersey DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SGP calculation 12 7th8th SGP = 50

New Jersey DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SGP calculation 13 4th5th SGP = 50

New Jersey DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 14 Albert’s teacher receives a median SGP score of 51.         Albert’s SGP along with the SGPs of all his teacher’s students are arranged from low to high.         Median SGP Score  StudentSGP Score Hugh12 Eve16 Clarence22 Clayton24 Earnestine25 Helen31 Clinton35 Tim39 Jennifer44 Jaquelyn46 Lance51 Roxie53 Laura57 Julio61 Selena65 Ashlee66 Albert70 Mathew72 Marcus85 Charles89 Milton97    Calculating Median SGP (mSGP) for Educators Teachers qualify to receive the mSGP with at least 20 separate students in class at least 70% of the year before the test. 14

New Jersey DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION mSGP Score Evaluation Rating 1 – mSGP Score Evaluation Rating mSGP Score Evaluation Rating mSGP Score Evaluation Rating Based on her mSGP score, Albert’s teacher receives an mSGP evaluation rating of 3. This is combined with other evaluation components in a summative rating. Converting mSGP to 1-4 Evaluation Score 15

New Jersey DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Student Growth Percentile Student Growth Objectives Teacher Practice mSGP Weights in Teacher Evaluations

New Jersey DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SGO Average Administrator Goals School SGP Principal Practice Evaluation Leadership mSGP Weights in Principal Evaluations All SGP Principals/ APs/VPs 17

New Jersey DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION All districts received secure access to their teacher and principal/AP/VP Median Student Growth Percentile (mSGP) data on January 8, NJDOE has worked with NJ educators in taking a long and thoughtful approach to implementing both evaluations and mSGP. mSGP data is an important part, but only one part of an educator’s evaluation. These scores will be used to finalize evaluations and to inform educators’ ongoing professional development. About 15% of teachers and 60% of principals/APs/VPs received mSGP scores. A dry run for teacher mSGP data was conducted last year to improve data quality; if educators identify a problem with the mSGP score, the Department is offering options for addressing the issue. By statute, mSGPs (like all aspects of an individual’s evaluation) are confidential and should not be shared publicly. Release of mSGP Scores 18

New Jersey DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Districts have an opportunity to certify that all evaluation data is correct or to make changes where necessary. – On Feb. 3 the Department released the Evaluation Score Certification Tool, a new electronic application for districts to use in certifying final summative ratings for all educators. – This interface allowed districts to review data, correct any errors that occurred in the original NJ SMART submission, and certify the accuracy of each staff member’s final score. – Districts have been given until March 13 to complete the certification process. Evaluation Score Certification 19