Student Learning Objectives (SLO)

This video from the New York State Education Department reviews the state’s 50% rule.  The video addresses how to determine whether or not a teacher will need to write an SLO and how to determine for which course he or she will write SLOs.  The 50% rule is explained using four examples:  an 8th grade ELA and social studies teacher, elementary physical education teacher, high school science teacher, and an inclusion teacher.

This video from the New York State Education Department covers how to develop a school-wide SLO.   The video uses a high school Academic Intervention Services teacher as an example.

This video from the New York State Education Department provides guidance on how to create SLOs for librarians.  It covers how to distinguish characteristics of a school-wide SLO for a Librarian, uses three guiding questions to work through decision points, and how to complete all eight sections of the New York SLO template.

This video from the New York State Education Department explains the basics of SLOs for principals.  It also discusses what might be different from the SLOs that teachers are developing. 

This video from the New York State Education Department explains how principals determine how many SLOs are required for them to meet the 30% rule.  Two sample SLOs are explained in detail for an elementary and a high school principals.

This webinar from the New York State Education Department is designed to support districts as they implement SLOs.  The webinar provides background and the basics of SLOs. It explores the relationship between SLOs, the Common Core State Standards, data-driven instruction, evidence-based observations, local measures of student achievement, and the difference between the state, district, school, and teacher’s role within the SLO process. 

This webinar from the New York State Education Department provides district leaders with the role the Common Core plays in SLOS and key messages for SLOs.  The webinar provides a timeline for five key district-level SLO decisions and provides tools for district leaders to make the first three of their five SLO decision.

This sample SLO from the Rhode Island Department of Education is for a building Administrator focused on middle school mathematics for grades 6-8.

This sample SLO from the Rhode Island Department of Education is for a building Administrator focused on elementary English language arts for grades 1-2.

This tool from the Rhode Island Department of Education guides educators as they write and review teacher’s SLOs.  This tool is not a rubric or checklist but a guide to assist in determining if the main criteria are acceptable.  The tool breaks down the different components of an SLO and provides descriptive indicators whether the component is acceptable or needs revision.