ucation Policy & Advocacy
Review
Use of Assessment Data
SB1136/ HB309 (M. Norris / D. Hawk)
TEACHER EVALUATIONS
PASSED
• Adjusts the Evaluation Flexibility Act’s phasing in of student growth for use in
evaluation scores by one year. For the 2016-2017 school year, student growth
accounts for 10%; for the 2017-2018 school year, student growth accounts for 20%;
student growth accounts for the full 35% beginning with the 2018-2019 school year.
• The most recent year’s student growth data will account for the full 35% of growth
data required in a teacher’s evaluation if such use results in a higher evaluation
score.
• For teachers without access to individual growth data representative of student
growth, in the 2016-2017 school year no more than 10 percent of the evaluation
criteria will be based on TVAAS data.
STUDENT GRADE PERCENTAGES
Also phases in the percentages of which a 3-8 grade student’s final grade for the
spring semester in the subject areas of mathematics, reading/language arts, science
and social studies is comprised of their TCAP scores. For the 2016-2017 school year,
it will be 10%; for the 2017-2018 school year, it will be 15%; beginning with the
2018-2019 school year, the percentage will be determined by the local board from
a range of 15-25%.
CONFIDENTIALITY OF DATA
Under present law, annual TCAP data is used to provide an estimate of the statistical
distribution of teacher effects on the educational progress of students within school
districts for grades 3-8. This bill adds that such estimates may be made available
to parties conducting research for, or on behalf of, the department, schools, LEAs,
or postsecondary institutions. The estimates will not be a public record and
must be used only for research purposes. Each party receiving such
estimates for research purposes must execute a signed data
sharing agreement with the entity providing the data
that includes provisions safeguarding the privacy and
security of the data.