State-supported improvement agenda across six TPE issue areas¶

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Evidence · 1 claim (1 mixed) · 1 study (1 associational), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 1 claim rests on one study

Description¶

The report recommends that Maryland improve TPE and SLO implementation quality through coordinated action in six issue areas: TPE integration with instruction, principal leadership, quality and consistency of SLO implementation, quality and consistency of observations, TPE data management and technology infrastructure, and constituency building and inter-district learning. Concrete actions include providing "a sample SLO Quality Rating Rubric," a resource library of annotated SLOs, instructional crosswalk resources, expanded principal leadership prompts, and a working group on two-way communications. The recommendations assign continuing state support while shifting ownership of continuous improvement to district and school levels.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• District and school leaders must act at the district-to-school and school leader-to-teacher levels, since the next phase of improvements cannot come from the state alone

Constraints¶

• Recommendations focus on what the state can directly support and what district and school leaders need to do well within Maryland's local control structure

Target Learners¶

• K-12 teachers and principals in Maryland districts

Target Learning Goals¶

• High-quality, consistent implementation of educator evaluation and the SLO process to strengthen instruction

Claims¶

• Teachers in the top quartile of districts on SLO support report receiving at least five SLO support strategies at rates 20 percentage points higher than teachers in the bottom quartile [~W]

Related Strategies¶

• Manage TPE as a district-wide priority with clear expectations, training, principal evaluation, and technology platforms

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Slotnik, W. J., Bugler, D., & Liang, G. (2014). Real progress in Maryland: Student learning objectives and teacher and principal evaluation. WestEd and Community Training and Assistance Center. http://marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/programs/tpe/index.html