Illinois Growth Model Working Group
The Illinois State Board of Education has established a Growth Model Working Group that will meet regularly over the next 12 months to address the following charge:
- Identify and coordinate the various uses and timelines for assessing and using student growth information including, but not limited to Public Act 096-0861, the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund Phase II, the Race to the Top application, and the Race to the Top Assessment Consortia;
- Develop a rigorous process for evaluating different approaches to assessing Student growth utilizing peer benchmarking, empirical analysis, stakeholder input and expert review;
- Advise the State Superintendent and the State Board on the selection and use of growth information for instructional improvement, evaluation of teachers, principals and school effectiveness, resource allocation, school and district accountability, policy making; and
- Evaluate progress and effectiveness of the development and use of student Growth information at state, regional and local levels.
The Growth Model Working Group is being chaired by Dr. Lizanne DeStefano, University of Illinois, and is made up of knowledgeable and influential members of key stakeholder groups, teachers, principals, superintendents, technical experts, ISBE staff and other state agency staff.
Members 
Final Report
(April 14, 2011) Resources
ISBE
- Illinois’s Growth Model Approach Using the Value Table Method
- Increased Use of Growth Measures Presentation
PDF Format - Student Growth Model Working Group Presentation PDF Format
- Using Growth Models to Improve Quality of School Accountability Systems Presentation PDF Format
- Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) Presentation PDF Format
Outside
- Case Studies on Data Use: A Series of Reports Developed by the CCSSO Accountability Systems and Reporting (ASR) Collaborative
- Growth, Standards and Accountability
- Guide to the USDE Growth Model Pilot Program 2005-2008
- Implementer's Guide to Growth Models
- Interim Report on the Evaluation of the Growth Model Pilot Project
- Policymakers' Guide to Growth Models for School Accountability: How Do Accountability Models Differ
