School Leader’s SLO Checklist Di rec tion s : Use the School Leader’s Checklist as a quality assurance approach for student learning objectives developed by teachers at your school. This checklist is organized around three quality components of SLO: Completeness, Comprehensiveness, and Coherence. Each component has five basic requirements necessary for a high-quality SLO.

Pa rt I: Com p leteness: Part I is focused on ensuring the SLO Process Template is completed correctly.

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P a rt I I : C omp r ehen s iven e ss : Part II is focused on ensuring the performance measures identified on the SLO Process Template are of sufficient quality for use in reporting student achievement.

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2.5 P a rt I II : C o he r enc y : Part III is focused on ensuring the completed SLO, including identified performance measures, provide an aligned approach focused on the identified “Big Idea” within PA’s content standards.

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“Meets Criteria” “N/A”

3.1 A blueprint or another design document illustrates relationships among key components (i.e., goal statement, targeted content standards, performance indicators, performance measures, student achievement expectations, and overall teacher rating).

3.2 Performance indicators are specific, criteria-focused, challenging (yet attainable) and directly linked to the performance measures.

3.3 The SLO is based on performance measures that are technically-sound (i.e., reliable, valid, and fair) and appropriately aligned to the targeted content standards.

3.4 The SLO has been reviewed to ensure that it is complete. Meaning, all applicable elements within SLO Process Template 10.0 have been addressed according to the prescribed business rules.

3.5 The SLO has been reviewed to ensure that it is comprehensive. Meaning, all performance measures have been examined to determine that they are appropriate for use in the SLO process.