Making Summative Decisions Using Decision Rules Simulations Overview The purpose of these simulations is to provide school divisions with an opportunity to explore decision rules in making summative decisions. School divisions need to develop summative decision rules and communicate these rules to administrators and teachers. Intended Audiences Administrators and teachers would benefit from participating in these simulations. The simulations are used with both audiences to discuss how teachers are rated using decision rules. Directions Provide administrators and teachers with a copy of the simulation activity for the three scenarios. Ask participants to read the decision rules for each scenario and indicate an overall summative rating for each teacher. Discuss in small groups and come to consensus on the rating. Facilitator debriefings are provided for the discussion. Scenario A A school division created the following decision rules in calculating a summary rating based on the ratings for each of the seven Virginia performance standards. The overall summative rating will be judged or “acceptable” “unacceptable.” If the employee has an rating on one or more of the seven performance “unacceptable” standards, the individual will receive an overall performance rating of “unacceptable.” If the employee has three or more improvement” ratings from among “developing/needs the seven performance standards, the individual will be rated as “unacceptable.” The following table provides a rating for a teacher in the school division. Using the decision rules above, rate the teacher as either or “acceptable” “unacceptable.” Teacher Performance Standard Performance Rating Standard 1 Proficient Standard 2 Developing/Needs Improvement Standard 3 Proficient Standard 4 Proficient
Making Summative Decisions Using Decision Rules Simulations Overview The purpose of these simulations is to provide school divisions with an opportunity to explore decision rules in making summative decisions. School divisions need to develop summative decision rules and communicate these rules to administrators and teachers. Intended Audiences Administrators and teachers would benefit from participating in these simulations. The simulations are used with both audiences to discuss how teachers are rated using decision rules. Directions Provide administrators and teachers with a copy of the simulation activity for the three scenarios. Ask participants to read the decision rules for each scenario and indicate an overall summative rating for each teacher. Discuss in small groups and come to consensus on the rating. Facilitator debriefings are provided for the discussion. Scenario A A school division created the following decision rules in calculating a summary rating based on the ratings for each of the seven Virginia performance standards. The overall summative rating will be judged “acceptable” or “unacceptable.” If the employee has an “unacceptable” rating on one or more of the seven performance standards, the individual will receive an overall performance rating of “unacceptable.” If the employee has three or more “developing/needs improvement” ratings from among the seven performance standards, the individual will be rated as “unacceptable.” The following table provides a rating for a teacher in the school division. Using the decision rules above, rate the teacher as either “acceptable” or “unacceptable.” Teacher Performance Standard Performance Rating Standard 1 Proficient Standard 2 Developing/Needs Improvement Standard 3 Proficient Standard 4 Proficient