Teacher Evaluation System - Polk County School District

Planned Use of Student Performance Assessment Data
Student performance data, derived from state, district, or teacher student assessment processes, will
be used to determine the point values assigned to the teacher for use in determining the Student
Achievement EPC rating and the Overall Annual Performance Evaluation rating. The Student Success
Act of 2011 contains a provision that teacher’s Annual Overall Performance Rating may be amended
within 90 days of the original evaluation. For example, the current year’s student assessment data
might not be available by the 165 th day of student contact, the deadline for completing a teacher’s
Overall Annual Performance Evaluation. The amendment process is being required by FDOE to be used
in Polk. It is the state’s expectation that three years of valid and reliable “trend data” be applied,
including FCAT data which will not be provided until after teachers complete their work year, (when
available and appropriate) for use as determined by the district. It is the district’s plan to use student
performance data derived from the students the teacher taught beginning in 2011‐2012 and adding
data each year until three years of relevant trend data is available for use with each teacher in the
district 2013‐2014. For each year following 2013‐2014 data from the oldest of the three years will be
dropped and the most recent available will be added. The sections that follow describe the manner in
which this issue will be addressed and the specified timeline for implementing the application of
student performance data as a significant variable in the teacher evaluation process.
2011‐2012: Use of State Student Assessment Data
The district will use the student growth data provided by the FDOE tied to an FCAT teacher’s students
from the 2011‐2012 assessment processes student performance data. When the state provides the
district with student growth measures data comparing the growth of students assessed in the spring of
2013 and the spring of 2014 by state assessment processes that student specific data will be applied.
This data set will provide the basis for the points awarded to a teacher pertaining to 100% of the
Student Achievement EPC rating and 50.3% of the teacher’s Overall Annual Performance Evaluation
Rating. The data is used to determine of the teacher’s Student Achievement EPC rating. The Student
Data Table on page 15 delineates the point values to be awarded to each teacher based on the
Aggregated Teacher VAM score as derived from the 2011‐2012 state data.
District Commitment to Use State Student Growth Model
It is anticipated that the Florida State Board of Education will approve a student growth model related
to all subjects assessed by the FCAT and other state assessment processes by July 1, 2011. It is the
state’s expectation that the district will apply that model to the student achievement component of
teachers in the district when their students are assessed by those state student growth assessments.
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