Section 4.04.205. District performance standards.

	(a)  Repealed 2/16/2013.  
	(b)  A district shall establish performance standards for each of the professional content standards set out at 4 AAC 04.200. In establishing its performance standards, a district shall discuss each of the performance standards set out at 4 AAC 04.200 that reflect attainment of each professional content standard. A district may  
		(1) establish a performance standard set out at 4 AAC 04.200 as one of its performance standards;  
		(2) modify a performance standard set out at 4 AAC 04.200 to accommodate district goals and priorities;  
		(3) combine performance standards set out at 4 AAC 04.200 to create broader performance standards; and  
		(4) provide additional or alternative performance standards to accommodate district goals and priorities.  
	(c)  Repealed 2/16/2013.  
	(d)  Performance standards established by a district shall be interpreted and applied in the context of the job requirements of the teacher being evaluated.  
	(e)  Not later than July 1, 2016, a school district shall adopt for teachers and administrators, standards for performance based on student learning data. In adopting standards for performance based on student learning data, a district shall  
		(1) confer with educators who are subject to the evaluation system;  
		(2) require the use of at least two but not more than four measurements of student growth;  
		(3) require the use of data from the statewide test selected by the commissioner under 4 AAC 06.737 as a measurement of student growth if  
			(A) the commissioner has notified districts that the commissioner has selected a test that  
				(i) employs measurements of achievement that are comparable across grade levels; and  
				(ii) permits a district to make valid measurements of student growth from year to year;  
			(B) data for student growth for a subject and grade level are available from the test; and  
			(C) the data are for a subject and grade level directly related to the job duties of the educator to whom the standard would apply;  
		(4) if the use of data from the statewide test is permitted under (3) of this subsection, use the data from the statewide test in at least as high a proportion as any other measurement of student growth used by the district; and  
		(5) develop procedures based on objective and measurable criteria to ensure that data used to measure performance under the standard accurately reflect student growth based on educator performance.  
	(f)  In addition to the requirements of (e) of this section, districts may use multiple and up to three previous years of student learning data from the statewide test selected by the commissioner under 4 AAC 06.737 and other student learning data as defined in 4 AAC 19.099 to measure educator performance.  

Authorities

14.03.015;14.07.020;14.07.060;14.20.010;14.20.020

Notes

Reference

4 AAC 19.010

Authority

AS 14.03.015 AS 14.07.020 AS 14.07.060 AS 14.20.010 AS 14.20.020

History

Eff. 4/20/97, Register 142; am 2/16/2013, Register 205; am 10/9/2015, Register 216