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    No professional employee in the Capital School District shall be placed on an improvement plan. Dean obeidallah: by its nature, this component encourages teachers to set low standards. He says with the move from the DCAS to the smarter balanced assessment, time is wasted on component 5.

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    No professional employee in the Capital School District shall be placed on an improvement plan. Dean obeidallah: by its nature, this component encourages teachers to set low standards. He says with the move from the DCAS to the smarter balanced assessment, time is wasted on component 5.

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    Component 5 Resolution

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    No professional employee in the Capital School District shall be placed on an improvement plan. Dean obeidallah: by its nature, this component encourages teachers to set low standards. He says with the move from the DCAS to the smarter balanced assessment, time is wasted on component 5.

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    CAPITALSCHOOLDISTRICTBOARDOFEDUCATION DOVER,DE WHEREAS,therearestillquestions,concerns,andinconsistenciesregardingcomponent5oftheDPASIIEvaluationSystem; NOWTHEREFORE,BEITRESOLVED,thattheCapitalSchoolDistrictBoardofEducationdeclaresthatnoprofessionalemployeeintheCapitalSchool DistrictshallbeplacedonanimprovementplanduetoComponent5untiltheDelawareDepartmentofEducationaddressesthefollowingconcerns: 1. PromotingPerverseIncentivesandLowStandards:Aprofessionalemployeewhosetshighergoalsforthemselvesandfallsshortoftheir loftygoalsispunishedwhileaprofessionalemployeewhosetsalowerbarthattheyknowtheycaneasilymeetwillberewardedasahighly effectiveteacher/administrator.Byitsnature,thiscomponentencouragesteachers,administrators,anddistrictstosetlowstandardstobe labeledeffective. 2. ChangingAssessments:WiththemovefromDCAStotheSmarterBalancedAssessment,arewetoputeveryteacherandadministratoronan improvementplanconsideringthatelectedofficialsarepredictingpassratesof25%?Howwilladministratorswhoareunderimprovement themselvesbeabletohelpteacherswhoarelabeledineffectiveandplacedonimprovementplans? 3. TimeConsumingNatureofComponent5:WhiletheDelawareDepartmentofEducationaddressedtheissueoftimebycuttingpartsof Component1thru4,theyignoredtheconcernsregardingtimeconsumptionwithComponent5.

    nt5.InsomeProfessionalLearningCommunities, majoramountsoftimewereconsumedbyMeasuresBandCofComponent5asteachersandadministratorswalkatightropeinthewording oftheirgoals.Onewordcouldchangehowoneismeasured.Thistimecouldbebetterusedincollaboratingwiththeirfellowprofessionals toaligncurriculumanddevelopplansofactionforstudentswiththegreatestneedratherthanbeingforcedtowordsmithbaseduponthe specterofComponent5. 4. StatePreandPostTests:First,manyofthequestionsontheseassessmentsarerecycledDSTPquestions,whichhavebecomeincongruent withourmovetoCommonCoreandotherchangestothecurriculumtomeettheexpectationsofDDOE.Second,whogradesthese assessments?Insomedistricts,itisdonebytheteachersandadministratorsthemselveswhileinotherstheyaresentofftobegraded.This isaninconsistencythatshakesthecoreofthiscomponent. 5. PunitiveNatureofComponent5:ThiscomponentwasdesignedsotheDDOEcouldcheckoffaboxonthefederalgovernmentslistof requirements.Thiscomponentfailstotakeintoaccountotherextenuatingcircumstancesthatcouldimpactstudentachievement.For instance,astudentnotreceivingthereadingaccommodationthattheymayneedontheDCASduetoaschoollookingoutforitsAYP participationrate.Areateacherandadministratortobeputonanimprovementplanbecauseweareunabletoprovidealegal accommodationtothatstudentduetoDDOEinterpretationofUSDOEAYPrequirements? 6. PositionsSubjecttoComponent5w/oGoalstoMatch:ThisisanissueforprofessionalemployeeswhofallintoGroup3.Inmanycases, theseindividualsareforcedtoputasquarepeginaroundhole.Thisleadstofurtherinconsistencywithinthiscomponent. 7. DCASisincapableofmeasuringgrowthgoalsbythestate:Inoneclassroom,theaveragemarginoferrorwas25pointspertest,andthe averagegrowthgoalis50points;thus,themarginoferrorisenoughtoaccountforthegrowthorlackthereof. 8. LegalCosts:WilltheDDOEreimburseadistrictforthelegalfeesthatwillbespentonceadistrictdecidestoterminatetheemploymentofan individualbecauseofconsistentlackofperformanceinComponent5? th Adoptedthis18 dayofSeptember2013bytheCapitalSchoolDistrictBoardofEducation _______________________________________ MatthewJ.Lindell,President _______________________________________ BrianE.Lewis,VicePresident _______________________________________ PhillipMartino,Jr. _______________________________________ KayDietzSass _______________________________________ SeanP.M.Christiansen

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