Student Learning Objective (SLO) Template
Date: 8/25/2014
7-8 Social Studies-DAP PRINCIPAL SLO
This template should be completed while referring to the SLO Template Checklist.
Principal Last Name: ________________________________ First Name: ________________________________ Employee # _______________
School: ___________________________________________ SLO # __2__
Content Area: ____Social Studies___ Grade Level(s): ___7th & 8th _____ Course Sections: __All___
Please use the guidance provided in addition to this template to develop components of the student learning objective and populate each
component in the space below.
Baseline and Trend Data
What information is being used to inform the creation of the SLO and establish the amount of growth that should take place?
Students will be receiving baseline data from DAP pretests written by APS and used throughout the district. APS teachers were appropriately involved
in the creation of items as well as the alignment process to content statements thus supporting a high validity level of the assessments. Results of the
pre-assessment were entered into the SLO scoring template. Student strengths and weaknesses were derived from the pre-assessment data.
General trend data (if available) for my students for this SLO includes:
Upon analyzing student baseline (pre-test) data, some strengths and weaknesses include:
7th Grade
8th Grade
Mean RIT Score – Building _______________
Mean RIT Score – District _______________
Mean RIT Score – National _______________
Mean RIT Score – Building _______________
Mean RIT Score – District _______________
Mean RIT Score – National _______________
Other pertinent Baseline/Trend Data (optional):
Student Population
Which students will be included in this SLO? Include course, grade level, and number of students.
This is an SLO for __7th & 8th _ Grade __Social Studies__ Courses.
All students will be covered by this SLO. A total of ____students are enrolled.
__________ student(s) was/were absent and did not take the pre-assessment
__________ student(s) is/are on IEPs
__________ student(s) is/are ELL – of the ELL students __________ has/have been in school in the US less than 1 year
__________ student(s) is/are African-American
__________ student(s) is/are white
__________ student(s) is/are multi-race
__________ student(s) is/are Asian
__________ student(s) is/are Hispanic
__________ student(s) is/are Native American
__________ student(s) is/are Male
__________ student(s) is/are Female
__________ student(s) is/are in _____ grade
__________ student(s) is/are in 7th grade
__________ student(s) is/are in 8th grade
__________ student(s) is/are in 9th grade
All students are economically disadvantaged.
Students who missed 45 days (excused or unexcused) will not be included.
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Other pertinent Student Population information (optional):
Interval of Instruction
What is the duration of the course that the SLO will cover? Include beginning and end dates.
The Akron Public Schools session for these year long math courses is from _August 28, 2014__ to __June 4, 2015__.
Students receive a minimum of _one_ period of instruction daily for one year. The SLO assessment for pre-test benchmarking will be administered the
week(s) of _8/29 – 9/19/2014 _ and the post-test benchmarking will be administered the week(s) of _12/1 – 12/19/2014_.
Strategic monitoring, data, and evidence collection will occur between September/December.
Standards and Content
What content will the SLO target? To what related standards is the SLO aligned?
Social Studies Grade 7
World Studies from 750 B.C. to 1600 A.D.: Ancient Greece to the First Global Age
The seventh-grade year is an integrated study of world history, beginning with ancient Greece and continuing through global exploration. All four social
studies strands are used to illustrate how historic events are shaped by geographic, social, cultural, economic and political factors. Students develop
their understanding of how ideas and events from the past have shaped the world today.
Social Studies Grade 8
U.S. Studies from 1492 to 1877: Exploration through Reconstruction
The historical focus continues in the eighth grade with the study of European exploration and the early years of the United States. This study
incorporates all four social studies strands into a chronologic view of the development of the United States. Students examine how historic events are
shaped by geographic, social, cultural, economic and political factors.
Assessment(s)
What assessment(s) will be used to measure student growth for this SLO?
The assessments for this SLO are district-created DAPs. The DAP is a pre-/post-assessment developed by a team of APS teachers and Learning
Specialists. DAP items are aligned directly to Ohio’s New Learning Standards and APS curriculum guides/maps. Each assessment will consist of items
that span the breadth of content taught throughout the semester and give students the opportunity to demonstrate higher order thinking skills.
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Growth Target(s)
Considering all available data and content requirements, what growth target(s) can students be expected to reach?
Akron Public Schools will use Effect Size as the measure to determine expected growth for individual students. Effect Size is a popular method in
educational research for measuring the impact of instruction and intervention on students. An effect size of .2 indicates a small effect, .4 medium
effect, and .6 high effect (Cohen, 1988).
Effect Size is calculated by the following: Individual student Post-DAP score minus the individual student Pre-DAP score divided by the mean standard
deviation of all the students who took the specific test series throughout the district.
The Effect Size of .4 will be set as the growth target for individual students on this SLO.
Rationale for Growth Target(s)
What is your rationale for setting the above target(s) for student growth within the interval of instruction?
To come up with a measure of what expected progress should be, we have used two main considerations.
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The average of 800+ meta-analyses based on 240 million students shows an average growth is the equivalent of 0.40.
District trend data gathered over the 2013-14 school year.
It is the mission of Akron Public Schools to "ensure that each student in our diverse population achieves his or her fullest potential in a safe and
affirming learning center characterized by an extensive, student-focused collaboration of all segments of the community, with an emphasis on preparing
students to live and excel in a global environment."
Approval Use Only:
SLO Approval Team: _____________________________________________________________
Date_____________________
Executive Director’s Signature: ____________________________________________________
Date_____________________
Principal’s Signature:_____________________________________________________________
Date_____________________
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