STUDENT GROWTH PERCENTILE Measuring Student Learning Growth and

STUDENT GROWTH PERCENTILE Measuring Student Learning Growth and Interpreting the Teacher Report Diane Fiello, Vice President of TCRP Harris Luu, TCRP Leadership Coach

Measuring Student Learning Growth in The College Ready Promise Schools: Our Objectives 1. Review the TCRP theoretical framework? 2. What are multiple measure and how is it used to assess teacher performance? 3. How can student learning growth be measured? 4. How will The College Ready Promise report student, teacher and school learning (reading and interpreting the teacher report)?

TCRP Theoretical Framework Effective Principals Effective Teachers • Support • Evaluate • Recruit • Support • Evaluate • Compensate Increase Student Achievement Data Systems 3

Multiple Measures of Teacher Effectiveness CST-Tested Subjects Non-CST-Tested Subjects School-Wide Math SGP; 5% School-Wide Subject SGP; 10% Observation of Teacher Practice; 40% Individual Teacher SGP; 30% School-Wide ELA SGP; 25% Observation of Teacher Practice; 50% Student Feedback ; 10% Parent and Family Feedback; 10% 4

CST ELA SCALE SCORE What is Student Learning Growth? 600 • Achievement results tell us what each student knows at a single point in time. 400 • Student learning growth tells us how much each student progresses from one year to the next. Advanced • Both types of information are important. 349 23 Proficient 345 17 299 Basic 270 Below Basic 150 Far Below Basic 322 305 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8

How is Learning Growth Being Measured Across the United States? Growth to Standard Models How much do students need to grow each year to reach Proficiency Value-added Models Did the school or teacher cause an amount of learning growth that is statistically above, at, or below expectation Student Growth Percentile Models How much do students grow compared to similar students

What are Student Growth Percentiles? • measure how much a student has learned from one year to the next compared to other students with similar test scores • expressed as a percentile from 1 to 99

Similar Students CST ELA SCALE SCORE Student Growth Percentile Example (Elijah) 600 400 349 Advanced 40% Proficient 330 299 Basic 270 Below Basic 150 Far Below Basic SGP 99 SGP = 60 50 305 60% 1 Grade 6 Grade 7

Student Growth Percentile Example (Rosa) SGP 99 400 Advanced 349 Proficient 299 Basic 270 Below Basic 150 Far Below Basic 91% 385 352 Similar Students CST ELA SCALE SCORE 600 Grade 6 Grade 7 9% 50 SGP = 9 1

Student Growth Percentile Example (Jimmy) 400 Advanced 349 Proficient 299 Basic 270 Similar Students CST ELA SCALE SCORE 600 17% 273 Below Basic 83% 150 Far Below Basic 186 Grade 7 SGP = 83

Key Concepts about Measuring Growth 1. Growth is distinct from achievement A student can achieve at a low level but grow quickly, and vice versa (Jimmy, Rosa, Elijah) 2. Each student is compared only to their academic peers (students with similar achievement levels) The comparison base for TCRP is all 2 nd to 11 th grade students in TCRP & LAUSD 3. Demographic variables, socio-economic status and initial achievement have virtually no impact on student growth results.

Reporting SGPs for Groups Last name Hernandez Bing Johnson Harrison Morales Portis Jackson Stills Lund Hershberg James Andres Sims SGP 21 24 27 32 34 47 55 61 63 74 81 88 95 • Imagine that the list of students to the left are all the students in your 7 th grade class. • Note that the SGPs are sorted from lowest to highest. • The point where 50% of students have a higher SGP, and 50% have a lower SGP is the median. • Median SGP for this 7 th grade class is 55.

Practice Find the median SGP of the following group of students. First name Joey Mariell Bella Bianca Jordon Veronica Noe Jorge Linda Victor James Angela Dionne Araceli SGP 7 8 14 32 40 51 56 61 63 71 80 88 89 92 Hint: Place the scores from lowest to highest. If the middle number is the “median”. If there is an even number of scores, take mean/ average of the 2 middle scores.

Teacher Effectiveness Rubric Score 4 Student Growth Percentile Ranges 70 -100% 3 50 -69. 9% 2 35 -49. 9% 1 0 -34. 9% Ranges for teacher SGP used to determine teacher effectiveness levels were selected based on statistical evaluation.

Reading the Teacher Report Objectives • To gain a better understanding of how to read the Teacher Report • To analyze the data • To interpret the data • To make decisions based on the data

Four Components of the Teacher Report School and Department Means Criteria for Valid Scores Scatterplot Student Roster

School and Department Medians School Median SGP All Subjects 56. 5 All Subjects History Math 53

Criteria for Valid Scores Number of Students Number All Teacher with 120+ Teacher Criteria Median of Students Days Met? SGP Annual SGP Validity Criteria 25 or more Actual 70 65 75% or more Yes 53

Scatterplot SGP = 5 CST = 233 SGP = 4 CST = 219 SGP = 99 CST = 430

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Practice

Student Roster FIRST NAME Noe Ruby Cindy Ruben Lorraine Joseph Jonathan Alexandra Milvia Juan Miriam Pedro Jonathan Violeta Fernando Leticia Daysha Johnathan Angelica Octabio Marco Cinthia Miriam Lezze Ernest Deon Darnesha Ashley Kebin David Grace Esmeralda Fabiola Maria LAST NAME SUBJECT Algebra I Algebra I Algebra I Algebra I Algebra I Algebra I Algebra I Algebra I Algebra I SGP 99 99 97 95 94 93 91 87 87 86 86 85 85 84 81 81 81 77 76 76 72 71 71 70 70 70 68 67 66 65 60 58 58 54 SCALED SCORE 430 361 342 366 454 511 304 528 398 323 313 279 346 289 279 342 423 284 430 361 337 366 284 279 279 299 327 416 289 366 PROF LEVEL Advanced Proficient Basic Proficient Advanced Basic Advanced Proficient Basic Below Basic Proficient Below Basic Advanced Proficient Basic Proficient Below Basic Below Basic Proficient VALID? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes

Measuring Student Learning Growth in The College Ready Promise Schools: Reviewing Objectives 1. The TCRP theoretical framework has a goal of improving student achievement. 2. The multiple measures used to assess teacher performance are SGP, teacher practice, student feedback, and family feedback. 3. Student learning growth is measured by SGP (student growth percentiles) 4. SGP is growth measured with a cohort of academic peers from one year to the next, using CST results. 5. The College Ready Promise reports includes 4 elements: school and department means, valid scores, a scatter plot, and student roster