NYS was recently granted a waiver from double testing for accelerated math students in Grades 7/8. In response to this waiver, a FAQ document was created and shared in November 2013. Some districts raised a question about item 15 in the memo as it relates to a district's approved APPR plan:
Please note that if the waiver is approved by USDE and the Board of Regents adopts conforming
regulations, districts opting to have seventh or eighth grade students take only the Regents
Examination in mathematics will need to make a material change to their approved APPR plan in
the State-provided Growth and Other Comparable Measures subcomponent (Task 2), as well as
the Locally-Selected Measures subcomponent (Task 3), as applicable. See questions 14 and 15 of
this document for additional information about material changes related to principal evaluation.
Two questions were sent to Educator Eval in response to this memo:
Does this mean that all districts are required to open their APPR plans to make a material change?
If so, would making this change open a district’s APPR plan to complete review?
The response from Educator Eval follows:
Thank you for your email. In response to the below questions, yes, the information provided in Ira Schwartz’s November 2013 Memo is correct. Also, only those districts that wish to have seventh or eighth grade students take only the Regents Examination in mathematics will need to make a material change to their approved APPR plan in the State-provided Growth and Other Comparable Measures subcomponent (Task 2), as well as the Locally-Selected Measures subcomponent (Task 3), as applicable.
If any material changes are made to an approved APPR plan, the school district or BOCES must submit the material changes on a form prescribed by the Commissioner, to the Commissioner for approval. The Commissioner has the authority to reject the plan if any of the changes do not rigorously adhere to the law and regulations. For the 2013-14 school year, a district wishing to make a material change to their approved APPR plan must submit the proposed material change to the Commissioner by March 1, 2014 and each March 1 thereafter for subsequent school years. For more information, please see Section C8 of the APPR Guidance document, posted on EngageNY at http://www.engageny.org/sites/default/files/resource/attachments/appr-field-guidance.pdf.
If you have further questions about the teacher and principal evaluation system, please refer to the following resources on EngageNY:
• The updated APPR Guidance document: http://www.engageny.org/resource/guidance-on-new-york-s-annual-professional-performance-review-law-and-regulations
• The Task-By-Task Guidance documents and other resources (such as the teacher and principal evaluation road maps): http://engageny.org/resource/appr-planning
• The updated list of SLO Resources: http://www.engageny.org/resource/student-learning-objectives/
Thank you for everything you do on behalf of the students in New York State and please let us know if you have any further questions.
Best,
EducatorEval Team
Please note that if the waiver is approved by USDE and the Board of Regents adopts conforming
regulations, districts opting to have seventh or eighth grade students take only the Regents
Examination in mathematics will need to make a material change to their approved APPR plan in
the State-provided Growth and Other Comparable Measures subcomponent (Task 2), as well as
the Locally-Selected Measures subcomponent (Task 3), as applicable. See questions 14 and 15 of
this document for additional information about material changes related to principal evaluation.
Two questions were sent to Educator Eval in response to this memo:
Does this mean that all districts are required to open their APPR plans to make a material change?
If so, would making this change open a district’s APPR plan to complete review?
The response from Educator Eval follows:
Thank you for your email. In response to the below questions, yes, the information provided in Ira Schwartz’s November 2013 Memo is correct. Also, only those districts that wish to have seventh or eighth grade students take only the Regents Examination in mathematics will need to make a material change to their approved APPR plan in the State-provided Growth and Other Comparable Measures subcomponent (Task 2), as well as the Locally-Selected Measures subcomponent (Task 3), as applicable.
If any material changes are made to an approved APPR plan, the school district or BOCES must submit the material changes on a form prescribed by the Commissioner, to the Commissioner for approval. The Commissioner has the authority to reject the plan if any of the changes do not rigorously adhere to the law and regulations. For the 2013-14 school year, a district wishing to make a material change to their approved APPR plan must submit the proposed material change to the Commissioner by March 1, 2014 and each March 1 thereafter for subsequent school years. For more information, please see Section C8 of the APPR Guidance document, posted on EngageNY at http://www.engageny.org/sites/default/files/resource/attachments/appr-field-guidance.pdf.
If you have further questions about the teacher and principal evaluation system, please refer to the following resources on EngageNY:
• The updated APPR Guidance document: http://www.engageny.org/resource/guidance-on-new-york-s-annual-professional-performance-review-law-and-regulations
• The Task-By-Task Guidance documents and other resources (such as the teacher and principal evaluation road maps): http://engageny.org/resource/appr-planning
• The updated list of SLO Resources: http://www.engageny.org/resource/student-learning-objectives/
Thank you for everything you do on behalf of the students in New York State and please let us know if you have any further questions.
Best,
EducatorEval Team