June 24, 2014
TO
Superintendents
FROM
Rebecca Garland
ANALYSIS OF STUDENT WORK (ASW) UPDATE AND SUMMER TRAINING SCHEDULE
What is ASW?
Analysis of Student Work (ASW) is an evidence collection process to populate Standard 6 for educators teaching
in grades/subjects where there is no End of Grade (EOG) assessment, End of Course (EOC) assessment, NC Final
Exam, Career Technical Education (CTE) assessment, or K-3 Checkpoint. It involves the collection of student
work to document student growth. The Department of Public Instruction partnered with educators to hold an
ASW pilot involving the areas of Advanced Placement, Arts Education, Healthful Living, International
Baccalaureate, Occupational Course of Study, specified Social Studies Courses, and World Languages during the
2013-2014 school year.
The Department is currently preparing a report on the 2013-2014 ASW Pilot and plans to release that report to the
districts in late July or early August.
Who will participate in ASW?
Specified educators in AP, Arts Education, Healthful Living, IB, and World Languages will implement the
process as their Standard 6 measure beginning in the 2014-2015 school year. To maintain consistency with the
growth calculation policies for the NC Final Exams and K-2 educators, growth for educators implementing the
ASW Process in 2014-2015 will be calculated using the best two of three years data. The Department will
continue to pilot with a larger group of Social Studies educators during the 2014-2015 school year.
Guidelines to determine participation:
High School
Educators teaching high school credit courses* in AP, Arts Education, Healthful Living, IB, and World
Languages, fall into two categories:
1. If 60% of an educator’s classes are in ASW subject areas, then the educator must participate in both
ASW and any other Standard 6 measure covering the remaining classes.
2. If 60% of an educator’s classes can be covered by an existing measure of student learning, then the
teacher is not required to participate in ASW.
*Please note that locally developed electives that do not follow the standards set forth in the NC Standard Course
of Study are not included in the ASW Process.
OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY STATE SUPERINTENDENT
Rebecca Garland, Ed.D., Deputy State Superintendent | rebecca.garland@dpi.nc.gov
6368 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-6368 | (919) 807-3200 | Fax (919) 807-3388
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER
Grades K-8
Educators teaching K-8 courses in Arts Education, Healthful Living, IB, and World Languages fall into two
categories:
1. Educators who have 45 minutes per week scheduled with students in these content areas are required
to participate in ASW.
2. Educators who do not have 45 minutes per week scheduled with students in these content areas are
not required to participate in ASW.
For educators who do not meet the requirements to participate in the ASW Process, the district may choose to opt
in to the ASW Process for those educators. The decision to opt in for a group of educators must be a district-wide
decision.
The Department will work closely with districts to identify the number of educators who do not utilize any
existing measures of student growth and to continue development of local guidance and best practices on
measuring student growth for those educators. Please refer to the Local Guidance memo from April 17, 2014, for
a complete list of the educators in that category.
Summer Training Opportunities for District Teams
Regional face to face trainings are scheduled for August. Districts are asked to send teams of up to five
individuals to their regional training. These district teams are expected to train educators in their districts on the
ASW Process and will serve as the local points of contact for the ASW Process during 2014-2015.
Team members can be current classroom teachers, coordinators, or other district staff. We ask for a
representative from each of the following areas:
Arts Education
Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate
Healthful Living
World Languages
District or School Administrator
Districts may register their teams via Survey Monkey using the following link:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CMMDZPJ
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Please designate ONE contact person in your district who will be responsible for registering your district team.
Multiple registrations per district will not be accepted. If you are not able to send a team during your assigned
date, we will attempt to accommodate out of region registrations pending availability. Please let Jennifer DeNeal
(Jennifer.DeNeal@dpi.nc.gov) know as soon as possible if you will need to register for training in a region other
than your own.
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Regional Training Schedule – August, 2014 (Locations are still being determined)
Regions 1 & 2
August 12
Region 3
August 19
Region 4
August 13
Region 5
August 14
Region 6
August 15
Region 7
August 21
Region 8
August 22
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We will provide you with additional information on the ASW process as it becomes available. If you have
questions, please contact Jennifer DeNeal, Race to the Top Project Coordinator for Educator Effectiveness at 919807-3288, or email questions to educatoreffectiveness@dpi.nc.gov.