New Jersey DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Overview of Student Growth Percentiles for New Jersey Students and Educators March 4, 2015 Bari Anhalt Erlichson, Ph.D.,

New JerseyDEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Overview of Student Growth Percentiles for New Jersey Students and Educators

Overview of Student Growth Percentiles for New Jersey Students and Educators

March 4, 2015

Bari Anhalt Erlichson, Ph.D., Assistant Commissioner/Chief Performance Officer Pete Shulman, Assistant Commissioner/Chief Talent Officer


Student Growth Percentiles (SGPs) measure how much a student has progressed from one year to the next compared to peers with similar academic history from across the state in 4th-8th grade Language Arts and 4th-7th* grade Math.

All students can show growth.

What is SGP?

*For 2014-15, SGP does not apply to 8th-grade math teachers.2


A thoughtful, multi-year approach to ensure data is accurate and usable.

2014 20152011 2012 20132010

Federal Mandate for Stimulus Funds: States Must Calculate “Student Growth”; Link Teachers to Students

Student SGPs Provided to All Districts in NJ SMART

NJ Adopts SGP Methodology for Calculating Student Growth

SGP Training Begins for Districts; SGP Video Released

TEACHNJ Act Passed; Growth

Measures Required for Evaluation

District SGP Profile Reports Deployed via NJ SMART

School SGPs Used in School Performance Reports per NJ’s Federal ESEA Waiver

2012-13 Teacher mSGP Reports Provided to All Districts for Learning Purposes and Data Preview

2011-12 Teacher Median SGP (mSGP) Reports Provided to Pilot Districts for Learning Purposes

2013-14 Teacher & Principal mSGP Reports Provided to All Districts for Use in Evaluations; Score Verification Process Announced

Evaluation Pilot Advisory Committee

Provides Feedback on Usefulness of

SGP Data2013-14 mSGP Score Verification & Certification Process Completed by Districts

SGP Development Timeline

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Partially Proficient

Gr. 3 Gr. 4 Gr. 5

100

200

250

150160 165

NJ ASK Scale Score by Grade

NJ

AS

K S

cale

Proficient

Advanced Proficient

230205

220

Albert

Maria

Effective teaching results in learning growth which can go unnoticed if only looking at proficiency; SGP is one of multiple measures to focus on growth.

Growth, not Proficiency

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Albert’s Prior Scores

Academic Peers’ Prior

Scores

Albert has taken the 5th grade NJ ASK. How does his score

compare to those of his academic peers?

3rd Gr. 150

4th Gr. 160

5th Gr. 165

3rd Gr. ≈150

4th Gr. ≈160

5th Gr. ???

Calculating SGP

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NJ

AS

K S

core

Partially Proficient100

200

150160 165

Proficient

Advanced Proficient250

Gr.3 Gr.5 Gr.4

Partially Proficient100

200

150160

200Proficient

Advanced Proficient

110

250

Gr.3 Gr.5 Gr.4

Albert’s 5th Grade NJ ASK Score Albert’s Academic Peers’ NJ ASK Scores

Albert scored 165. His academic peers scored between 110 and 200. How did Albert do in comparison to them?

29%

70%

Calculating SGP

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A comparison to his academic peers allows us to see that Albert actually outperformed 70% of students who, up until this year,

performed in a similar manner to Albert.

1% 99%70%

Albert’s Score

Academic Peers’ Scores

5th Gr. 165 5th Gr. 110 - 200

SGP

Calculating SGP

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SGP calculation

83rd 4th


SGP calculation

93rd 4th

SGP = 50


SGP calculation

103rd 4th

SGP = 50

SGP = 50


SGP calculation

113rd 4th

SGP = 50

SGP = 50

SGP = 50


SGP calculation

127th 8th

SGP = 50

SGP = 50

SGP = 50


SGP calculation

134th 5th

SGP = 50

SGP = 50

SGP = 50


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Albert’s teacher receives a median SGP score of 51.

Albert’s SGP

along with the SGPs of all

his teacher’s students are

arranged from low to high.

Median SGP Score

Student SGP Score

Hugh 12Eve 16Clarence 22Clayton 24Earnestine 25Helen 31Clinton 35Tim 39Jennifer 44Jaquelyn 46Lance 51Roxie 53Laura 57Julio 61Selena 65Ashlee 66Albert 70Mathew 72Marcus 85Charles 89Milton 97

Calculating Median SGP (mSGP) for Educators

Teachers qualify to receive the mSGP with at least 20 separate students in class at least 70% of the year before the test.

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mSGP Score Evaluation Rating

1 – 20 121 1.122 1.223 1.324 1.425 1.526 1.627 1.728 1.829 1.930 231 2.132 2.233 2.334 2.4


65 3.566 3.567 3.568 3.669 3.670 3.671 3.772 3.773 3.774 3.875 3.876 3.877 3.978 3.979 3.9

80 - 99 4


35 2.536 2.537 2.638 2.639 2.740 2.741 2.842 2.843 2.944 2.945 346 347 348 349 3


50 351 352 353 354 355 356 3.157 3.158 3.259 3.260 3.361 3.362 3.463 3.464 3.4

Based on her mSGP score, Albert’s teacher receives an mSGP evaluation rating of 3. This is combined with other evaluation components in a

summative rating.

Converting mSGP to 1-4 Evaluation Score

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Student Growth PercentileStudent Growth Objectives

Teacher Practice

mSGP Weights in Teacher Evaluations

2014-2015

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SGO AverageAdministrator GoalsSchool SGP

Principal PracticeEvaluation Leadership

mSGP Weights in Principal Evaluations

2013-2014 2014-2015

All SGP Principals/APs/VPs

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All districts received secure access to their 2013-14 teacher and principal/AP/VP Median Student Growth Percentile (mSGP) data on January 8, 2015.•NJDOE has worked with NJ educators in taking a long and thoughtful approach to implementing both evaluations and mSGP.•mSGP data is an important part, but only one part of an educator’s evaluation. These scores will be used to finalize 2013-14 evaluations and to inform educators’ ongoing professional development.•About 15% of teachers and 60% of principals/APs/VPs received 2013-14 mSGP scores.•A dry run for teacher mSGP data was conducted last year to improve data quality; if educators identify a problem with the 2013-14 mSGP score, the Department is offering options for addressing the issue.

By statute, mSGPs (like all aspects of an individual’s evaluation) are confidential and should not be shared publicly.

Release of 2013-14 mSGP Scores

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• Districts have an opportunity to certify that all 2013-14 evaluation data is correct or to make changes where necessary.– On Feb. 3 the Department released the 2013-14

Evaluation Score Certification Tool, a new electronic application for districts to use in certifying final 2013-14 summative ratings for all educators.

– This interface allowed districts to review data, correct any errors that occurred in the original NJ SMART submission, and certify the accuracy of each staff member’s final score.

– Districts have been given until March 13 to complete the certification process.

Evaluation Score Certification

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New Jersey DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Overview of Student Growth Percentiles for New Jersey Students and Educators March 4, 2015 Bari Anhalt Erlichson, Ph.D.,