1. Student Learning Objectives (SLO)
Dr. Cathleen Cubelic

2. Our Objectives Define an SLO Design, Build, and Review an SLO
Interpret the SLO Template
Consider Assessment Quality and Purpose
View online tools
Plan for implementation

5. The Rating Tool [for teacher with Eligible PVAAS Data]

6. The SLO in PA is written in relationship to a specific teacher and a specific class/course/content area for which that teacher provides instruction.

7. “The PSSA test doesn’t completely measure my effectiveness.”≠
The SLO [Elective data] is in response to this statement.

8. measure of educator effectiveness
SLO Definition
A process to
document a
measure of educator effectiveness
based on student
achievement of
content standards.

9. SLO Process Components
The SLO process contains three (3) action components:
Design (ing): thinking, conceptualizing, organizing, discussing, researching
Build (ing): selecting, developing, sharing, completing
Review (ing): refining, checking, updating, editing, testing, finalizing
Key Points for Trainers
Explain that all components are done before the school year (initial conversation with principal) in preparing the SLO; however, the REVIEW component may also continue until the final results are available to determine whether or not the performance expectations have been reached.
Clarify the specific timelines for the SLO process will be determined by local education agencies (LEAs) and not by the state; however, a generic timeline for the SLO process should be presented that outlines a before, during, and after school year set of activities. In general:
Teacher develops SLO, along with applicable performance measures before school starts
Principal reviews and discusses with teacher; adjustments may be required.
Teacher reviews SLO progress at some midpoint in the year
Principal receives mid-year update from teacher; adjustments may be required.
Teacher summarizes performance measure data and evaluates each performance indicator
Teacher presents final SLO results
Principal assigns final rating in Section 5
DESIGN: This component is the “thinking” step in the process used to conceptualize the learning objective in terms of content, students, and performance measures.
BUILD: This component is the “action” step in the process that focuses on completing the SLO Process template and creating and/or selecting performance measures.
REVIEW: This component is the “reflection” step used to examine the three “Cs” (i.e., Completeness, Comprehensiveness, and Cohesion) of quality.
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10. SLO Process Components DESIGN
Thinking about what content standards to measure
Organizing standards and measures
Discussing with colleagues collective goals
Researching what is needed for a high quality SLO
Key Points for Trainers
Designing is planning for the SLO, examining what is needed, and how performance measures are used to collect information about student achievement.
Activities during this stage establish the foundation for developing a student learning objective, including such things as:
Identifying target content standards
Discussing “Big Idea” in the standards
Thinking about the goal
Collaborating with other teachers
Brainstorming the type of performance measures
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11. SLO Process Components BUILD
Selecting the performance measure(s)
Developing targets and expectations
Completing the template
Sharing the draft materials with other colleagues
Developing/Documenting performance task(s)
Key Points for Trainers
Ensure the participants understand that the building is an iterative process between the original design and create the SLOs. Often the original designs must be changed once the details on how the standards will be measures and developed performance indicator targets.
Activities during this stage complete the SLO Process Template 10.0 and include such things as:
Selecting (or creating) the performance measures that are aligned to the targeted content standards
Developing mastery and/or growth metrics associated with the performance measures
Establishing performance indicator targets
Identifying students included in the SLO data
Creating performance expectations
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12. SLO Process Components
REVIEW
Checking the drafted SLO (including the performance measures for quality
Refining measures and targets
Editing text and preparing discussion points/highlights for principal
Finalizing materials
Updating completed SLOs with performance data
Key Points for Trainers
Ensure the participants understand that the review phase requires an extensive evaluation of the SLOs quality in terms of the 3C’s.
Completeness, Comprehensiveness, and Coherence
Quality assurance checklist and rubric
Activities during this stage occur before and after the presentation to the principal, and include such things as:
Finalizing and submitting the proposed SLO
Refining the SLO based upon feedback from the principal
Collecting performance data on student achievement
Adjusting SLOs at during the school year
Updating SLOs with data
Evaluating each performance indicator
Determining the Elective Rating
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13. Design

14. What is a Goal Statement?
Definition:
Narrative articulating the “big idea” upon which the SLO is built under which content standards are directly aligned.
Characteristics:
Encompasses the “enduring understanding” of the standard
Central to the content area
Foundational concepts for later subjects/courses
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15. Goal Statement Example
“Students will apply the concepts and the competencies of nutrition, eating habits, and safe food preparation techniques to overall health and wellness throughout the life cycle at individual, family and societal levels.”
Does this convey an enduring understanding?
Is there a central idea?
Is there a foundation for later concepts?
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16. SLO Goal Goal Statement addresses: Standards Rationale Statement:
(Template #1)
Goal Statement addresses:
WHAT the “big idea” is in the standards
Standards
HOW the skills and knowledge support future learning
Rationale Statement:
WHY the “big idea” is a central, enduring concept
Take the participants onto the SAS portal to the Curriculum Framework
Select a content area to use as the model. As a district team, complete the template with a selected Goal Statement derived from the Big Ideas!

17. More Considerations for Goal Statements
Do you have previous data to help guide your goal?
What does your growth and achievement look like?
Is there a building/district-wide goal?
Are there connections to SPP, PVAAS, Danielson areas of focus? Discussion

18. Activity: Goal Statement (Template #1)
Within your team, choose a discipline in which you’d like to focus. Preferably, choose a discipline that is very familiar to you.
Complete “Template #1 Goal Statement”
We will post them for the entire group.

19. Build

20. Template Section 1

21. Goal
Goal statement should articulate an appropriate “big idea”.
Standards should be the appropriate Focus Standards supporting the goal.
Rationale statement should be reasons why the Goal statement and the aligned Standards address important concepts for this class/course.
Focus on content shifts, PA Core Focus, Important Standards.

22. Template Section 2
Goal statement should articulate an appropriate “big idea”
Rationale statement should be reasons why the Goal Statement and the aligned Standards address important learning for this class/course.

23. Performance Indicator
Definition: a description of the expected level of student growth or achievement based on the performance measure
Answers two questions……….
Does the indicator define student success?
What is the specific measure linked to the indicator?
Example:

24. Examples of Performance Indicator Targets
Students will achieve Advanced or Proficient on all four criteria of the Data Analysis Project rubric.
Students will score an average of 3 or better on five different constructed response questions regarding linear modeling according to the general description of scoring guidelines.( ne%20Scoring%20Guidelines%20-%20Algebra%20I.pdf)
Students will improve a minimum of 10% points from pre- to post-test for material in each semester.
Students will show “significant improvement” in the Domain of Measurement on the Classroom Diagnostic Tools Mathematics Grade 7 assessment from the first to the last administration.
Read each example and have participants decide whether or not the indicators are good. Use the criteria previously established. Discuss each as a group (red or green bucket) and give the reasons for the decision.

25. Performance Indicator – Focus student group
A description of the expected level of achievement for each student in a subset of the SLO population (1F) based on the scoring tools used for each performance measure (4A). Subset populations can be identified through prior student achievement data or through content-specific pretest data.

26. Examples of Performance Indicator Targets: Focused Student Group
Students who scored below the 30th percentile on their benchmark AIMSweb R-CBM probe will score above the 30th percentile by the end of the school year using the national norms.
Students who scored below a 2 on the pre-test will improve a minimum of one level on the post-test.
What qualifies this as a focused student group? Content-based pretest or prior achievement data? How will the issues of growth and/or achievement factor into the decision about a focused student group indicator?

27. Goal
Focus Standards
Performance Indicator(s) and Measure(s)

28. Activity: Growth and Mastery
What assessments may be used as growth, mastery or both?
Mastery
Growth
Participants complete a Venn Diagram using names of assessments as well as an example Performance Indicator Target for ALL students.

29. What are the characteristics of a quality assessment?
Write (3).
Report out the summary from your table.

30. Good assessments have……
A specific and defined purpose
A mixture of question types
Items/tasks with appropriate DOK levels
Items/tasks that are Standards Aligned
A quality rubric
A standardized scoring method
Academic Rigor
A reasonable time limit for completion
An appropriate readability level
Multiple methods of student demonstration
Validity and reliability
Well-written directions and administration guidelines
Cut scores for performance categories

31. Academic Rigor Standards-Aligned Developmentally Appropriate
Focused on Higher-Order Thinking

32. Weighting, Linking, or Otherwise
Standard
You may consider each Performance Indicator equal in importance.
Linked
You may link multiple Performance Indicators, if you like. Do this for “pass before moving on” assessments.
3. Weighted
You may weight multiple Performance Indicators, if you like. Do this when you believe one or more PI’s are more complex or more important than others.

33. Standard Scenario Name Student Proportion Met Target PI 1
Building a Bridge Project
68/80
PI 2
Roller Coaster Design
56/80
P1 3
Egg Parachute
40/80
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙= = =54.7%

34. Weighting Scenario Physics Class with (3) PI targets: Name Weight
Student Proportion
Met Target
Points
Acquired
PI 1
Building a Bridge Project
50%
68 80
42.5
PI 2
Roller Coaster Design
25%
56 80
17.5
P1 3
Egg Parachute
40 80
12.5
Total Score = 72.5%

35. Template Section 3

36. Goal-Indicator-Measure
(Big Idea)
SLO Goal
Indicator #1
Assessment #1a
Assessment #1b
Indicator #2
Assessment #2
Goal-Standards
Indicator
Performance Measures
Indicator #1 might be relating to a growth/progress monitoring PI whereas
Indicator #2 may be for a mastery PI

37. Goal-Indicator-Measure
(Big Idea)
SLO Goal
Indicator #1
Assessment #1
Indicator #2
Assessment #2
Goal-Standards
Indicator
Performance Measures
1-1 indicator-assessment ratio

38. Performance Measure - Descriptions
State the name of the assessment(s).
List the type of measure.
Explain the purpose, state what the Performance Measure should measure.
Identify the timeline and occurrence(s)
Scoring Tools should indicate the solution key, rubric, checklist, etc. that is being used to score the PM.
Administration & Scoring Personnel should contain who is giving the test and who is scoring it.
Performance Reporting should state how others will know which students met the Performance Indicator(s).
What’s the test? [generally] Why am I giving it? How will it be scored? When will it be administered?

39. Template Section 4
There need not be 5….This is arbitrary. Suggestion is between 2 and 5 PI’s

40. Teacher Expectations
Definition: identifies each level (Failing, Needs Improvement, Proficient, Distinguished) students are meeting the Performance Indicator Targets.
These reflect the continuum established by the teacher prior to the evaluation period.
Each level is populated with a percentage range so that there is distribution of performance across levels.
Based on the actual performance across all identified Performance Indicators, the evaluator will determine one of the four levels for the SLO.

41. Template Section 5

42. Review

43. Tools for Review SLO Coherency Rubric School Leader’s SLO Checklist
Assessment QA Checklist

44. The Online Tool http://www.pdesas.org/
Use the Homeroom link at bottom right
Click the RIA Homeroom site link in the top paragraph
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