SLOs and Students with significant disabilities
- LEAs have some flexibility to shape the process to fit local contexts, but ODE recommends the following steps:
STEP 1: Gather and review available data
STEP 2: Determine the interval of instruction and identify content
STEP 3: Choose assessments and set the growth target(s)
STEP 4: Submit your SLO and prepare for review and approval
STEP 5: Final scoring of the SLO
- The baseline and trend data. The SLO data should summarize student information, identify student strengths and weaknesses, and review trend data to inform the objective and establish the amount of growth that should take place.
- The student population or student subgroup included in the objective. Every student should be covered by at least one SLO to ensure that no group of students is overlooked.
- The period of time covered by the SLO. The SLO should note the period of instruction used to meet the goal (i.e., quarter, semester or an entire year); this period of instruction should be the length of the course. Depending on the length of the instruction period, teachers also should include timeframes for mid-year assessments of progress so that they can adjust instruction or, in some cases, modify SLOs as needed.
- The standards the SLO addresses. SLOs should link to specific national or state standards for the grade or content area. Can be OACS-E!!
- The assessment(s) used. (see below for more info) The SLO should include assessments both to track student progress and make midcourse corrections (formative), and to indicate if the objective was met (summative).
- The expected student growth within that period. The target for student growth should be realistic yet challenging. It also should include how growth will be measured.
- The rationale for the expected student growth. High-quality SLOs include strong justifications for why the goal is important and achievable for this group of students. Rationales should draw upon assessment data, student outcomes, and curriculum standards.
- What is a Student Learning Objective?
A Student Learning Objective (SLO) is a measurable, long-term academic growth target that a teacher sets at the beginning of the year for all students or for subgroups of students. SLOs demonstrate a teacher’s impact on student learning within a given interval of instruction based upon baseline data gathered at the beginning of the course. Each SLO includes:
- 1. State assessment items in proportion to the content specified in the SLO
- 2. Commercially available assessments
- 3. District or team-created assessments*
- 4. Teacher-created assessments*
- Is the assessment aligned to both my students’ learning objective and to the appropriate grade- or content-specific standards?
- Does the assessment allow high- and low-achieving students to adequately demonstrate their knowledge? In other words, does the assessment have enough stretch?
- Is the assessment valid and reliable?
- *most commonly used for teachers of students with the most significant disabilities. If using option 4, teachers should consult with other teachers and content experts to ensure alignment, stretch and validity and reliability of assessments.
Criteria for Selecting Assessments:
slo_template_unrestricted_6-11-12.doc | |
File Size: | 49 kb |
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071513_slo_guidebook_final_2.docx | |
File Size: | 3588 kb |
File Type: | docx |
sample slo and assessment for scd/li
K-2, 6-8, and HS SLOs
literacy_k-2_lowincidencestudents_slo-version-2.pdf | |
File Size: | 206 kb |
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standards_for_k-2_slo_scd.docx | |
File Size: | 13 kb |
File Type: | docx |
slo_for_ela_6-8.doc | |
File Size: | 67 kb |
File Type: | doc |
algebra_i_slo_oacs-e.doc | |
File Size: | 78 kb |
File Type: | doc |
Sample assessments and accompanying documents for the K-2, 6-8 and HS SLOs
assessment_k-2_slo_scd.docx | |
File Size: | 19 kb |
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k-2 adapted_text_mouse_a_cookie.pdf | |
File Size: | 2259 kb |
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k-2 adapted_text_old_lady_swallowed_fly.pdf | |
File Size: | 1889 kb |
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k-2 adapted_text_your_body_compressed.pdf | |
File Size: | 2166 kb |
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k-2 mouse_cookie_assessment.pdf | |
File Size: | 789 kb |
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k-2 mouse_and_cookie_assessment_2.pdf | |
File Size: | 603 kb |
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k-2 mouse_cookie_assessment_3.pdf | |
File Size: | 391 kb |
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k-2 mouse_cookie_assessment_4.pdf | |
File Size: | 39 kb |
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k-2 i_gave.docx | |
File Size: | 10 kb |
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k-2 your_body_assessment.pdf | |
File Size: | 51 kb |
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k-2 your_body_has_template.docx | |
File Size: | 10 kb |
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homework_passage_6-8_slo_assessment.docx | |
File Size: | 13 kb |
File Type: | docx |
slo_ela_writing_6-8_assessment.docx | |
File Size: | 16 kb |
File Type: | docx |
homework_wars.pdf | |
File Size: | 652 kb |
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6-8 homework_wars_assessment_1.pdf | |
File Size: | 287 kb |
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6-8 homework_wars_assessment_2.pdf | |
File Size: | 114 kb |
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6-8 homework_wars_assessment_3.pdf | |
File Size: | 284 kb |
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6-8 homework_wars_assessment_4.pdf | |
File Size: | 362 kb |
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6-8 grampa.pdf | |
File Size: | 4819 kb |
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6-8 grandpa_assessment_1.pdf | |
File Size: | 240 kb |
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6-8 grandpa_assessment_2.pdf | |
File Size: | 345 kb |
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6-8 grandpa_assessment_3.pdf | |
File Size: | 201 kb |
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slo_assessment_for_algebra_i_for_oacs.docx | |
File Size: | 664 kb |
File Type: | docx |
sample tbt protocols and formative assessments using oacs-e
sst3_tbt_protocol_writing_k2_with_oacse.docx | |
File Size: | 24 kb |
File Type: | docx |
k-2 formative_assessment_tbt.docx | |
File Size: | 11 kb |
File Type: | docx |
elementary_exemplar_-_3-4-5_with_oacse.docx | |
File Size: | 31 kb |
File Type: | docx |
6-8_tbt_protocol.doc | |
File Size: | 84 kb |
File Type: | doc |