The state has provided little or no direction with regards to weighting models or the development of effective growth models. However, we are still moving in the right direction with our model that includes NWEA. Since the MStep Testing is new we will need to integrate that in the future but there is no way to fairly include state assessments at this point in time.
Thus we have decided to give all teachers a highly effective rating on the district growth (5%) measurement percentage due to the fact that we were rated by Bridge magazine as a top school district and we received a good rating with our district report card that included improvements in many areas.