SLO Overview
SLO Template
Guiding ?s
Examples
100
the acronym SLO
What is a Student Learning Outcome?
100
the people this outcome addresses
What is the Student Population?
100
From which classes?
What is Students?
100
October 2014 - February 2015
What is Interval of Instruction?
200
2
How many SLOs must teachers write?
200
identifies how the target was chosen
What is the Rationale for the Target?
200
How will assessments be administered?
What is Administration & Scoring?
200
all 91 students in my 3 standard English 9 classes
What is the Student Population?
300
My responsibility is to: *Support teachers in locating and/or creating aligned assessments *Meet with teachers and teams as they review their assessments *Provide feedback for revisions if necessary *Meet with teachers as they plan *Review the assessments and scoring tool
Who is the principal? The assistant principal, department chair, and STAT teacher are also acceptable
300
the method and assessments used for scoring the SLO
What is Administration & Scoring?
300
Why is this an appropriate area of focus?
What is Rationale?
300
Grade 11 students will read and demonstrate comprehension of grade-level complex informational texts. This is a progress goal.
What is the Statement of Outcome?
400
My responsibility is to: *Decide what is the best assessment available *Meet with teachers of the same grade level/content to discuss rigor, alignment and complexity and create a common SLO if possible *Create a common assessment if none exists *Determine the class I will target *Collect evidence of students' starting point and the growth they will achieve (mastery or progress)
Who is the Teacher?
400
identifies how you chose this outcome
What is the Rationale?
400
What pre-test or base-line information, if any, informed your decision?
What is the Rationale for Target?
400
80% of students in my grade eleven honors class will demonstrate either a minimum of one score point increase on the SAT writing rubric OR maintain the same score point if the baseline score is a 5 or higher.
What is the Target & Evidence?
500
Because SLOs: *describe the knowledge and critical skills that students are expected to achieve by the end of the interval of instruction. *clarify the expectations for what students should know, understand, and be able to do during this time. *can provide information to students on their strengths and weaknesses.
Why are SLOs Important?
500
the enduring learning and/or the most important skill development expected of the students during the course
What is the Statement of Outcome?
500
Where do you expect this population of students to be at the end of the interval of instruction?
What is the Target & Evidence?
500
Based on formal and informal observation of student learning, there is a need for students to increase their reading and comprehension abilities of informational text in English Language Arts as described by the CCSS.  Additionally, students will be held accountable for meeting the CCSS on upcoming PARCC assessments.
What is the Rationale?
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