setting goals

SETTING GOALS

The Pathway will help you create an Accurate

andMeaningful

measure of student achievement.

But how do you know when the goal is

meaningful?

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How Do You Know When The Goal Is Meaningful?

For Jonah, it was obvious that the goal

was meaningful.



Knew the Goal



Knew the Goal

Knew his own progress to the Goal



Knew the Goal

Knew his own progress to the Goal

Was motivated by, invested in, and proud of his progress to the Goal

WHAT ARE THE RELAY STANDARDS MASTERY

GOALS?


Year Long Goals: Standards Mastery

Proficient Goal Ambitious Goal• On average, students will achieve an average mastery of 70% of the selected set of standards

Why 70%?


Why 70% as the Numerical Target for the PG?

• Mastering 70% of a set of standards with appropriate breadth and depth ensures enough mastery of content to allow students to transition successfully to the next grade level.

• An overall average of 70% neither allows most students to fail nor demands that most students excel.

• Remember, the number 70% does not matter if the Pathway parameters are insufficiently rigorous or incoherently defined.


Year Long Goals: Standards Mastery

Proficient Goal Ambitious Goal• On average, students will achieve an average mastery of 70% of the selected set of standards

• On average, students will achieve an average mastery of 80% of the selected set of standards

Why 80%?


Why 80% as the Numerical Target for the AG?

• Mastering 80% of a set of standards with appropriate breadth and depth ensures that most students learned most of the material at a high level.

• It’s not a perfect performance, but it puts students in a strong position to engage with challenging material in the next grade level.

• Remember, the number 80% does not matter if the Pathway parameters are insufficiently rigorous or incoherently defined.

Why say “on average” twice?


Ambitious Goal

On average, students will achieve an average mastery of 80% of the selected set

of standards


Ambitious Goal

On average, Students will achieve an average mastery of 80% of the selected set

of standards


Meaningful Goals MUST Include Everybody

• An average of averages does not render any student, nor any standard, as “not counting”

• There are no “bubble kids” and no “standards you can just skip”

WE’VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT STANDARDS MASTERY.

LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT A TRACKER FILE TO SEE HOW STANDARDS

MASTERY IS CALCULATED.

Here’s a quiz. Two students. Two standards. Six questions in total.

How is Standards Mastery Calculated?

For the items assessing Standard #1, how did students perform? (hint: this is the first two items only)


For the items assessing Standard #2, how did students perform?



Where does this number representing “Overall Average Standards Mastery” derive from?

For the items assessing Standard #2, how did students perform?


The Overall Average Standards Mastery is 75%, the average of 50% for Standard #1 and 100% for Standard #2.

For the items assessing Standard #2 (question #3, #4, #5 and #6), 100% of the possible points were earned. Thus, standards mastery for Standard #2 was 100%.

For the items assessing Standard #1 (question #1 and #2), 50% of the possible points were earned. Thus, standards mastery for Standard #1 was 50%.

Remember…The Pathway will help you create an

Accurateand

Meaningfulmeasure of student achievement.


Let’s Not Lose The Forest For The Trees!