why a pathway?

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WHY A PATHWAY?


Romeo had some struggles in that interview.

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Did Romeo accomplish a great thing in short time?

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Did Romeo accomplish a great thing in short time?

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Romeo had some struggles.

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It’s your job to coach Romeo now.


How will you position him to accomplish

great things in short time

with his students?


Romeo had some struggles with measuring learning.


Romeo didn’t know what to teach on a daily basis.


As Romeo’s coach, you will ask him:

What content are you responsible

for teaching throughout this

entire school year?


You will help Romeo…

Determine Content(that’s Step 1)


Romeo didn’t know how to select good assessments.



How will your students

demonstrate learning of the

content you taught?



Solidify Assessment Plan(that’s Step 2)


Romeo didn’t know how to put a stake in the ground.



What degree of mastery do you expect students

to achieve by the end-of-year?



Set Goals(that’s Step 3)


Romeo didn’t know how to make use of his data.



How are individual students performing

across individual standards, and what

needs to be done about it?



Track Progress(that’s Step 4)


Romeo didn’t know what to do with his final data.



Are your data complete and error-free, and

what does it mean for your

students?



Verify Outcomes(that’s Step 5)

Those 5 Steps!

That’s the SGA Pathway!

Step 1: Determine Content

Step 2: Solidify Assessment Plan

Qualifying Qs:1) What are you measuring,

and for whom? 2) Are you using a mastery- or

growth-based approach? 3) Have you selected an

aligned student achievement tracker?

Step 3: Set Goals

Qualifying Qs:1) Have you set meaningful

goals for your class?2) Have you set meaningful

goals for all students?

Step 4: Track Progress

Qualifying Qs:1) Are you maintaining

complete, error-free data? 2) Have you analyzed your

data? 3) Have you responded to

your data?

Step 5: Verify Outcomes

Qualifying Qs: 1) Are your end-of-year data

complete and error-free?2) Did you meet the

Proficient Goal? The Ambitious Goal?

3) Have you reflected upon these outcomes mean for you and your students?

Select Subject,

Students, and Measurement

Approach

Confirm Mastery-

Based Goals for Student

Learning

Confirm Growth-Based

Goals for Student Learning

Collect and Act On

Ongoing Mastery Data

Collect and Act On

Ongoing Growth Data

Complete and Reflect Upon Mastery Data

Complete and Reflect Upon Growth Data

Qualifying Qs:1) Have you selected the right

assessment(s)?2) When do you plan to

administer your assessment(s)?

The RGSE Pathway for Measuring Academic Achievement

Create Plan to Assess

Mastery of the Content

Create Plan to Measure

Growth in the Subject


Take a moment to

Noticeand

Consider

some features of the Pathway







Step 3: Set Goals








your data?






Select Subject,


Approach

Confirm Mastery-


Learning



Collect and Act On


Collect and Act On

Ongoing Growth Data











NOTICE: There are 5 steps to the Pathway, and they are sequenced

in a sensible order.







Step 3: Set Goals








your data?






Select Subject,


Approach

Confirm Mastery-


Learning



Collect and Act On


Collect and Act On

Ongoing Growth Data











CONSIDER: What would go wrong if we tried to Track Progress before we had

Solidified our Assessment Plan?

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Take a moment to

Noticeand

Consider

another feature of the Pathway







Step 3: Set Goals








your data?






Select Subject,


Approach

Confirm Mastery-


Learning



Collect and Act On


Collect and Act On

Ongoing Growth Data











NOTICE: Each Step has two or three "Qualifying Questions" underneath the visual, in small font. Those questions serve as required checkpoints to pass through before moving to

the next Step of the Pathway.







Step 3: Set Goals








your data?






Select Subject,


Approach

Confirm Mastery-


Learning



Collect and Act On


Collect and Act On

Ongoing Growth Data











CONSIDER: How might you use these qualifying questions to coach a teacher who struggled to accurately and

meaningfully measure student learning (like Romeo)?

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Take a moment to

Noticeand

Consider








Step 3: Set Goals








your data?






Select Subject,


Approach

Confirm Mastery-


Learning



Collect and Act On


Collect and Act On

Ongoing Growth Data











NOTICE: The Pathway splits after Step 1 into two sequences, one for Standards Mastery and one for Reading Growth.

Mastery Pathways are the boxes in the top row.Growth Pathways are the boxes in the bottom row.

These two sequences follow a similar trajectory, but there are key differences.

The type of measures you will use for your SGA work is

mastery-based

or growth-based.


Mastery is when you can actually master something.


Like karate, where you can actually be a master.

For mastery-based measures, students start the year needing to learn a discrete set of

material (standards) that is new and different than the year before.


Mastery-Based Measures

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Growth-based is when you can only improve upon your practice.


Like yoga, where everybody has room to grow.

For reading growth, students start the year working to improve upon something

they’ve already worked on, and that they’re going to continue working on.







Step 3: Set Goals








your data?






Select Subject,


Approach

Confirm Mastery-


Learning



Collect and Act On


Collect and Act On

Ongoing Growth Data











CONSIDER: In karate you can become a master, in yoga everybody has room to grow (even yogis). How is 3rd grade

math like karate, and how is reading like yoga?

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Take a moment to

Noticeand

Consider








Step 3: Set Goals








your data?






Select Subject,


Approach

Confirm Mastery-


Learning



Collect and Act On


Collect and Act On

Ongoing Growth Data











NOTICE: The first three Steps of the Pathway are really focused on

planning. The first round of assessment data is not collected until

after those Steps are complete.







Step 3: Set Goals








your data?






Select Subject,


Approach

Confirm Mastery-


Learning



Collect and Act On


Collect and Act On

Ongoing Growth Data











CONSIDER: Why does the Pathway put so much emphasis on beginning with the

end in mind?

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Take a moment to

Noticeand

Consider

one final feature of the Pathway







Step 3: Set Goals








your data?






Select Subject,


Approach

Confirm Mastery-


Learning



Collect and Act On


Collect and Act On

Ongoing Growth Data











NOTICE: The Pathway concludes at Step 5: Verify Outcomes.

The end-of-year result from completing the Pathway is an

accurate and meaningful measure of student learning.







Step 3: Set Goals








your data?






Select Subject,


Approach

Confirm Mastery-


Learning



Collect and Act On


Collect and Act On

Ongoing Growth Data











CONSIDER: How do you think “Step 4: Track Progress” and “Step 5: Verify

Outcomes” drive a cycle of reflection and continuous improvement?

That’s the SGA Pathway!







Step 3: Set Goals








your data?






Select Subject,


Approach

Confirm Mastery-


Learning



Collect and Act On


Collect and Act On

Ongoing Growth Data











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