High Quality Student Data (HQSD)
Choosing and using high-quality student data (HQSD) to guide instructional decisions and meet student learning needs is key in making sound instructional decisions for students.
Each teacher will need to use at least two measures of district-determined high-quality student data to provide evidence of student learning attributable to the teacher being evaluated.
When value-added data is available for an educator, it must be used as one measure of HQSD. The teacher will use at least one additional measure of HQSD to demonstrate student learning.
HQSD may be used as evidence in any component of the evaluation when applicable.
The high-quality student data instrument used must be rigorously reviewed by locally determined experts in the field of education to meet all of the following criteria:
Align to learning standards
Measure what is intended to measure
Be attributable to a specific teacher for course(s) and grade level(s) taught
Demonstrate evidence of student learning (achievement and/or growth)
Follow protocols for administration and scoring
Provide trustworthy results
Not offend or be driven by bias
AND
The teacher must use the data generated from the high-quality student data instrument by:
Critically reflecting upon and analyzing available data, using the information as part of an ongoing cycle of support for student learning.
Considering student learning needs and styles, identifying the strengths and weaknesses of an entire class, as well as individual students.
Informing instruction and adapting instruction to meet student needs based upon the information gained from the data analysis.
Measuring student learning (achievement and/or growth) and progress towards achieving state and local standards.
HQSD Resources for non-tested subject areas: https://sites.google.com/escneo.org/otes/OTES/hqsd/non-tested_HQSD?authuser=0