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=__**How do we set goals that are both rigorous and realistic?**__=

__**SLO-**__**student learning outcomes (learner target "I can" statements)**

 * Key questions for March 27 **

Key Questions: 1. Does your content area have the assessments it needs to build a body of evidence that informs student growth and can be used consistently across classrooms in the district? If no, what assessments would you recommend?

2. What are the values and merits of collective attribution? What are the disadvantages of collective attribution? What are the values and merits of individual attribution? What are the disadvantages of individual attribution?

3. In determining the 50% student growth measures, what assessments must we include and how would you weight these assessments? Your combined percentage must equal 50%.

4. Collective Attribution Individual Attribution Assessment % Assessment %

__**TSD Essential information and Webinar**__
 * 1) [[file:Division of Instruction March 2013 Newsletter.pdf]] The link to the 14 min. webinar is on page 1 in the middle.
 * 2) Survey you must fill out after our district meeting Mar. 27.

CDE Assessment reviews and sample curriculum units Assessment Review Tool (Content collaborative teams used this tool to evaluate each assessment as to its alignment, rigor, bias, and opportunities for learning.) Also review the [|instructions] on using the Assessment Review Tool.
 * ==CDE Assessment Review Tool:==



All World Language Assessment chosen that align with the Colorado World Languages Academic Standards are **Performance Assessments in the three modes:** as fill-in the blanks with the correct verb form,non-contextualized discreet point grammar tests or any type of tests that focus on knowing rules as opposed to using the language in real life scenarios do not align with the standards and therefore were not approved as examples of standards-based assessments). ||
 * Interpersonal, interpretive and presentational based on the proficiency ranges from**
 * Novice-Low to Intermediate-Mid.**(Traditional exams that are grammar-based such

CDE Assessment Resource Bank-all content areas ||
 * [[image:ccflt2013loveland/cdeunitsScreen shot 2013-02-01 at 1.57.23 AM.png width="603" height="336" link="@http://www.cde.state.co.us/StandardsAndInstruction/SampleCurriculumProject.asp"]] || Colorado's District Sample Curriculum Units Project

All the curriculum samples are accessible by content area and by grade levels and will be housed here until their permanent home is established at eNet Colorado. Remember that we would love to get feedback regarding the use for and desired supports around the samples.

World Languages Sample Curriculum Units
This fall, over 500 Colorado educators, representing 61 school districts, participated in curriculum design workshops that resulted in the creation of 670 curriculum samples based on the Colorado Academic Standards (CAS). Utilizing a Colorado-designed and refined template, the samples provide organizing structures for addressing the grade-level expectations (GLEs), evidence outcomes (EOs) and 21st Century Skills that build students’ mastery of the standards at each grade level. ||


 * Selecting weighting** **measured student learning outcomes tool:[[file:selecting-weighting-measures-student-learning-outcomess-tool-teacher.xlsx]]**



__**CDE Website**__
 * 1) Student learning outcomes (SLO) Setting goals that are both rigorous and realistic.
 * 2) Determine current inventory of assessments
 * 3) Selecting assessments
 * 4) Determine student growth measures
 * 5) Weight and combine
 * 6) __**Implementation Resources:**__ As your district prepares to implement S.B. 10-191, CDE has created a number of resources to aid you in the process. The resources are divided into three sections: district resources, measuring the 50% professional practices portion of the evaluation and measuring the 50% student learning outcomes (student growth) portion of the evaluation. ** __//This section continues to be updated. Please check back often for additional information!//__ **

__**Essential readings**__
 * 1) Draft guidance: Preview the draft guidance intended to give districts and BOCES a starting point for determining the **50% student growth portion** of teacher and principal evaluations.
 * 2) Student learning outcomes-to better understand read this document

The following four videos provide an introduction - for any audience - to the important work happening in Colorado to improve the way educators are both evaluated and supported. We recommend watching the videos in order for the most comprehensive understanding.
 * Videos**