First and Second Grade

 

General Information

According to state statute and policy, each district and charter must implement one model of individual growth for non-tested teachers. Scores generated by peer reviewed student growth portfolios represent 35% of participating teachers’ LOE within the state’s TEAM evaluation model in lieu of individual TVAAS scores that teachers in tested courses generate.

In 2022, the educator effectiveness team collaborated with the department’s Office of Academics and the Portfolio Redesign Advisory Council to better align the first and second grade student growth portfolio models with instructional best practices. As a result, several updates were made to the first and second grade portfolio models. Beginning with the 2022-23 school year, districts implementing portfolio will see:

  • Clear alignment between grade-level standards and student expectations.
  • A streamlined approach to standards selection focused on skills-based mastery.
  • Increased focus on phonological awareness, phonics, word recognition, and fluency.
  • An updated format to help teachers and peer reviewers clearly align student work to performance levels.
  • Embedded tasks provided to give clear expectations of student performance of the standard.
Resources As educators explore and implement the contents of the following materials, it is recommended that they do so within a professional learning community (PLC) or other collaborative group that focuses on long-term and short-term planning, ongoing formative assessment, standards-based instruction, differentiated and targeted instructional practices, and student work. The art of analyzing student work when grounded in collaborative thinking, self-reflection, and differentiated instruction can have a profound impact on student academic growth.