Here is an email that was sent to the Curriculum Committee Chairs In Dearborn Regarding Growth Measures under the Teacher Evaluation Requirement.
Greetings Curriculum Committee Chairs,
Starting next year (2013-14) we need to evaluate teachers using a 25% growth measure. What the evaluation committee has recommended is that each of your committees provide recommendations regarding potential assessments in your curricular area of responsibility as a chairperson. We are looking for a multiple measures approach. The evaluation committee will come up with the formula but we need the assessments that could potentially be used from each curriculum committee. This is a work in progress and the state is way behind but they are supposed to give us some recommendations by June. We wanted to get the ball rolling so we are ready in September. I would appreciate it if I could get some recommendations to me by late June or early July.
Thank you very much for your help with this. I understand that some of this work may go into next year but I would like some initial recommendation by the time mentioned above.
Here are some potential assessments that were discussed at our last evaluation committee meeting.
Elementary.
Growth Measures:
SRI
Star Math
Math Common assessments
science common assessments
social studies comment assessments
NWEA?
DRA
Six+1 Traits
DRA task analysis
MEAP
Art, Music, & PE: Common assessment based on their curriculum standards
Middle School and High School
Explore
Plan
Act
Mme
Meap
Sri
Star math
CAs
pre and posttests
Performance portfolios
Formative assessments
Student evaluations
Performance assessments
Competitions
AP exams -not growth
Grades -not growth
Teacher made assessments
Project based learning
Parent surveys
Lesson plan assessment