Rating
Rationale
4 Excellent
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Identifies one
or more
district and/or
department.
goals
Completely
aligns with
one or more
department
goals
Interval of
instructional
time
Population
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Has clearly defined class (es)
or subgroup(s) of special
needs or at risk students.
Includes a majority of the
defined student population,
unless teacher and principal
agree otherwise
Assumes 85% attendance of
the defined group or writes in
an agreed upon exception
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Clearly
identified time
period
Appropriate for
the activity or
project the
provider
expects to
implement
Appropriate for
the amount of
time at the
school site
Assessment/Alternative
Measure
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Uses tests and/or alternative
measure agreed upon by
principal and teacher
Provides baseline data and
growth data(pre and post
tests)
Approved and/or
recommended by District
and/or Department
Rigorously measures growth,
gain, or change of the
objective
Expected Gain
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3 Acceptable
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1 Unsatisfactory
2 Needs
Improvement
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Identifies one
or more
district and/or
department
goals
Partially aligns
with one or
more
department
goals
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Identifies
district and/or
department
goals
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Does not
identify
district and/or
department
goals
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Includes a majority of defined
student population, unless
teacher and principal agree
otherwise
Assumes 85% attendance of
the defined group or writes in
an agreed upon exception
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Clearly identifies classes, but
fails to address a majority of
defined student population
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Fails to identify class(es) or
subgroups(s)
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Clearly
identified time
period
Appropriate for
the activity or
project the
provider
expects to
implement
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Clearly
identified, but
not clearly
appropriate for
the learning
and/or
assessment or
alternative
measure used
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Time period is
unclear or not
identified
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Uses tests and/or alternative
measures agreed upon by
principal and teacher
Provides baseline data and
growth data(pre and post
tests)
Approved/recommended by
District and/or Department
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Learning Content
Based on student growth or
performance target
Holds high expectations for the
identified population and interval
Anchored in baseline data
Predicts gain based on past
performance of students when available
Addresses growth, gain, or change of at
least three fourths of the identified
population
Appropriate for the population,
assessments/alternative measures and
interval
Corroborated by one or more external
sources
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Based on student growth of
performance target
Anchored in baseline data
Predicts gain based on past
performance of students when available
Addresses growth, gain, or change of at
least three fourths of the identified
population
Apropriate for the population,
assessment/alternative measure and
interval
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Uses tests and/or alternative
measures agreed upon by
principal and teacher
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Based on student growth or
performance target
Holds expectations for less than half of
the identified population
Unidentified
assessments/alternative
measures
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Unclear, not truly measurable
Strategies
Use baseline data
Targets needs of
the identified
population
Aligns with
District and/or
Department and
site priorities or
relevant DPS
standards and
curriculum
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Targets needs of
the identified
population
Aligns with
District and/or
Department goals
and site priorities
or relevant DPS
standards and
curriculum
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Identifies
observable or
documentable
strategies
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Identifies general
learning needs
without baseline
data or alignment
with DPS
standards and
curriculum
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Identifies
strategies, but
they are not
observable or
documentable
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Fails to identify
learning needs
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Fails to
identify
strategies
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Identifies
observable or
documentable
strategies
Appropriate
learning
content