Illinois Administrative Code
Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES
Part 50 - EVALUATION OF EDUCATOR LICENSED EMPLOYEES UNDER ARTICLES 24A AND 34 OF THE SCHOOL CODE
Subpart B - PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PLANS: TEACHERS
Section 50.110 - Student Growth Components
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
Each school district, when applicable (see Section 50.20), shall provide for the use in the performance evaluation plan of data and indicators on student growth as a significant factor in rating teacher performance. (Section 24A-4(b) of the School Code) For the purpose of this Subpart B, "significant factor" shall represent at least 30 percent of the performance evaluation rating assigned, except as otherwise provided in subsection (a). In situations in which a joint committee cannot reach agreement on one or more aspects of student growth within the timeline established under Section 24A-4(b) of the School Code, the school district shall adopt the State model plan contained in Subpart C with respect to those aspects of student growth upon which no agreement was reached.
a) Student growth shall represent at least 25 percent of a teacher's performance evaluation rating in the first and second years of a school district's implementation of a performance evaluation system under Section 50.20 (for example, 2012-13 and 2013-14 school years for a school district with a 2012-13 implementation date). Thereafter, student growth shall represent at least 30 percent of the rating assigned.
b) The performance evaluation plan shall identify at least two types of assessments for evaluating each category of teacher (e.g., career and technical education, grade 2) and one or more measurement models to be used to determine student growth that are specific to each assessment chosen. The assessments and measurement models identified shall align to the school's and district's school improvement goals.
c) The joint committee shall consider how certain student characteristics (e.g., special education placement, English learners, low-income populations) shall be used for each measurement model chosen to ensure that they best measure the impact that a teacher, school and school district have on students' academic achievement. [105 ILCS 5/24A-7]
d) If the rating scale to be used for student growth does not correspond to the performance evaluation ratings required under Section 24A-5(e) or 34-85c of the School Code, then the plan shall include a description of the four rating levels to be used and how these are aligned to the required performance evaluation ratings.
e) CPS may adopt, when applicable, one or more State assessments administered pursuant to Section 2-3.64a-5 of the School Code [105 ILCS 5/2-3.64a -5] as its sole measure of student growth for purposes of teacher evaluations. (Section 24A-7 of the School Code) In circumstances in which the school district determines that the State assessment is not appropriate for measuring student growth for one or more grade levels or categories of teachers, it shall identify other assessments to be used in the manner prescribed in this Section.