Student Growth Goals

Sorting it out

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Sufficiently understand

student growth goals to

implement them in the classroom.

Over-arching

Goal

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Learning Intentions

1. Understand the characteristics of a proficient Student Growth Goal (SGG).

2. Identify learning content of a SGG at the right “grain size”.

3. Understand the characteristics of the target portion of a SGG.

4. Implement the OSPI SGG Template

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Student Growth RCW28A.405.100

• Student growth data:– relevant to the teacher and subject matter must be a factor in the

evaluation process and must be based on multiple measures that can include classroom-based, school-based, district-based, and state-based tools.

– Student growth data elements may include the teacher's performance as a member of a grade-level, subject matter, or other instructional team within a school when the use of this data is relevant and appropriate.

– Student growth data elements may also include the teacher's performance as a member of the overall instructional team of a school when use of this data is relevant and appropriate.

– As used in this subsection, "student growth" means the change in student achievement between two points in time.

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Criteria 3 and 6 Definitions

3. Differentiation: The teacher acquires and uses specific knowledge about students’ cultural, individual intellectual and social development and uses that knowledge to adjust their practice by employing strategies that advance student learning.

6. Assessment: The teacher uses multiple data elements (both formative and summative) to plan, inform and adjust instruction and evaluate student learning.

SUB GROUPS

WHOLE CLASS

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• 3.1 Establish Student Growth GoalsRe: individual or subgroups of students (achievement/opportunity gap)

• 3.2 Achievement of Student Growth GoalsRe: individual or subgroups of students (achievement/opportunity gap)

• 6.1 Establish Student Growth Goals using Multiple Student Data Elements

Re: whole class based on grade-level standards and aligned to school and district goals

• 6.2 Achievement of Student Growth GoalsRe: whole class based on grade-level standards and aligned to school and district goals

• 8.1 Establish Team Student Growth GoalsRe: Teacher as part of a grade-level, content area, or other school/district team

Five Student Growth Criteria

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The Student Growth Rubric

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Unpacking the Student Growth

Criteria

As a Table Group Discuss the key differences:– between proficient and distinguished? – between proficient and basic? – between basic and unsatisfactory?

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Student Growth Goal CONTENTdescribes what students will know/be able to do at the end of an instructional period

A proficient student growth goal:• is specific, measureable and time-bound• is based on multiple sources of available data that reveal

prior student learning• is aligned to content standards• is appropriate for the context, instructional interval and

content standard(s) (grain size)• demonstrates a significant impact on student learning of

content (transferable skills)• identifies formative and summative measures aligned to

learning targets to monitor progress towards goals

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• In a practical sense, we want growth goals to not be too large, not be too small, but just right (think Goldilocks and the three bears). Not too broad, not too narrow, but just right.

Establishing Student Growth Goals

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Goldilocks Approach: Example GoalSTUDENT GROWTH GOAL CONTENTSTUDENT GROWTH GOAL TARGET

Too Narrow JUST RIGHT Too Broad

6.1Whole Group

Students will find a percent of a quantity as a rate per 100.My target will be…….

Students will understand ratio concepts and use ratio reasoning to solve problems by:• understanding the concept of

ratios and the language to describe the relationships

• understanding the concept of unit rate

• using ratio and rate reasoning to solve real-world problems

My target will be……

Students will be able to reason proportionallyMy target will be…..

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Sorting Student Growth Goals

• As a team decide which goals are too narrow, too broad, and just right

Too Broad

Too Narrow

Just Right

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• Another way to think of the three student growth criteria is analogous to nesting measuring cups, moving from large to small (8 to 6 to 3) or small to large (3 to 6 to 8)

Establishing Student Growth Goals

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Example of “Nested” Goals 8.1 Establish Team Learning Goals (teacher as part of a grade-level, content area, or other school/district team)Between December and April, students will understand conclusion writing; as measured by in-class investigations, on demand tasks, and teaching team benchmark assessments.Teaching team will meet bi-weekly from December to April to examine student work and calibrate expectations. 6.1 Establish Learning Goals Using Multiple Student Data Elements (whole class based on grade-level standards and aligned to school and district goals)Between December and April, students will understand conclusion writing; as measured by in-class investigations, on demand tasks, and teaching team benchmark assessments.

3.1 Establish Learning Goals (individual or subgroups of students)Between December and April, ELL students will understand conclusion writing; as measured by in-class investigations, on demand tasks, and teaching team benchmark assessments, using supports such as GLAD strategies and six step Marzano academic vocabulary process .

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Student Growth Goal TARGETdescribes what students will know/be able to do at the end of an instructional period

A proficient student growth goal:• is specific, measureable and time-bound• is based on multiple sources of available data that reveal

prior student learning• is aligned to content standards• is appropriate for the context, instructional interval and

content standard(s) (grain size)• demonstrates a significant impact on student learning of

content (transferable skills)• identifies formative and summative measures aligned to

learning targets to monitor progress towards goals

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4.NF.AStudents will understand fraction equivalence and ordering by:• explaining why fractions are equivalent• generating equivalent fractions• compare fractions with different numerators and denominators

My target will be that between September and November, 85% of my students will demonstrate at least one level of growth on the district fraction assessment and at least 65% of my students will achieve proficiency in our PLCs Math Congress Sub Sandwich Prompt and Smarter Balanced released items. I will also be tracking my students’ own perceptions of mathematics to gauge my students’ growth toward this goal.

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Student Growth Goal Template

• Look over the Student Growth Goal Templates

• What do you and your colleagues need to consider prior to establishing student growth goals?

• How do you plan to support staff understanding of student growth goals?

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Future Mehttp://www.futureme.org/

• Write an email to the “Future you” that will be sent on January 7th

• My current plans to help my colleagues understand Student Growth Goals are:

• Heather and Craig will ask me how the roll out is going, what thoughts will I share with them?