Session 1 Questions:

Morning

1) How will the student growth percentile impact students with individualized education programs (IEP)?

2) My school has a high transiency rate, how will the student growth percentile benefit students and teachers?

3) Since we have SOL scaled scores and student performance by question reports, why is a student growth percentile necessary?

Afternoon

1) Does the student growth percentile compare cohorts of students within a school or school division?

2) My school typically has long-term substitutes in several classrooms during the course of a school year, will the student growth percentile account for these instances?

3) How are teachers expected to use the student growth percentile results since students are being compared with a state cohort?

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Session 2 Questions:

Morning

1. Please clarify the options for generating SGP reports by teacher. What is the difference between selecting “fall 2011” and “spring 2011”?

2. Are there plans to extend the SGP to math and science? End-of-course tests beyond Algebra 1?

3. Is there information on SGP available on the DOE website that explains SGP?

Afternoon

1. Will SGP appear on the SOL reports to parents?

2. Will SGP appear for VAAP in the future?

3. What are some recommendations for use of these data? Should teachers share it with parents, and in what form (verbally, in writing, both)?

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Session 3 Questions

Morning

  1. Do we have access to the SGP report in an excel format in order to use it as a spread sheet document to sort data, etc.?
  2. Given the key considerations listed in the PowerPoint, do you have any recommendations for principals as to when and how to best use the SGP data in an aggregated format?
  3. At what point should teachers be involved in analyzing the SGP data?

Afternoon

1.  Can you share with us some of the advantages to aggregating the SGP data at the school level?

2.  With the data sources that the division and school already have access to and use, what are the major advantages to adding SGP data as a data source?

3.  Who should have access to the SGP data at the school level?