HQSD Guidance

Using High-Quality Student Data to Inform Instruction and Enhance Practice

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. The teacher evaluation will 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 applicable to the grade level or subject area taught by a teacher, HQSD shall include the value-added progress dimension and the teacher shall use at least one other measure of HQSD to demonstrate student learning. HQSD may be used as evidence in any component of the evaluation where applicable.*

*LEGAL REFS. ORC 3319.111; 3319.112

Types of High Quality Student Data

1. Value-Added
   Ohio’s state tests provide value-added data, which research supports as a high quality source of student data. When value-added data is available for a teacher, it must be one of the sources of high-quality student data used in the teacher's evaluation.

2. Approved Vendor Assessments
   Districts or schools can use other assessments provided by national testing vendors and approved for use in Ohio.

3. District-determined instruments
   Districts or schools may identify measures of high-quality student data other than value-added and vendor assessments. These measures must adhere to the requirements outlined above in the definition of high-quality student data.

Note: Under OTES 2.0 districts may no longer use Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) or Shared Attribution.

For more information about HQSD:

https://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Teaching/Educator-Evaluation-System/Ohio-s-Teacher-Evaluation-System/OTES-2-0/High-Quality-Student-Data