Student+Learning+Objectives+(SLO's)


 * What Are Student Learning Objectives (SLO's)? **

A Student Learning Objective is an academic goal for a teacher’s students that are established at the start of a course. The SLO is built around the most important learning for a course of study during an academic year (or, semester, where applicable) The identified content must aligned to Common Core, State, or national standards. The SLO then establishes a District achievement goal for the teacher’s students as a whole, as well as individual targets for each student. The achievement goals must be specific, measureable and verifiable based on a rigorous, comparable assessment. **The District goal is that 80% of students will meet or exceed their individual achievement target. Teacher performance is measured by his or her students’ performance as a whole relative to that goal.**

SLO’s are created in part by teacher teams and individual teachers. Teacher teams will establish the critical learning for a course of study and identify/ develop the assessment used to measure student achievement in that content. Individual teachers will examine baseline data sets for each of their students, analyze that data and use the analysis to set an achievement target for each individual student. Teachers’ scores are based upon the degree to which their students met the individual achievement target set for them.

Use the following documents to guide you in the creation of your SLO's:
Student Learning Objective Overview (New to SLO's, read this first)-

Guide to Creating SLO's-

SLO Shortcuts- Copying SLO's for the Previous Year-

SLO and Local Assessment Information 2015-16- Keep this information in mind when creating student targets-