Considerations for 2022 with ILEARN Student Growth
Damian Betebenner & Adam Van Iwaarden
Center for Assessment
Indiana Weekly Meeting
February 4th, 2022
Consideration for ILEARN SGP Calculations in 2022
• Cohort versus Baseline Referenced SGP Calculations
• Achievement goal for students
• Proficiency
• Catching up to pre-COVID achievement trajectory
• Timeline to reach achievement goal for students
• 4 years
• When should the clock start on students reaching that goal? 2022? 2019?
• The most consequential decisions are determining the Achievement Goal and
the Timeline to reach that goal.
• Cohort and baseline referenced SGP projections will yield the same
determinations about a student being on track to those achievement goals.
Pandemic Related Academic Impact in Indiana 2
Cohort versus Baseline Referenced SGPs
• Cohort versus Baseline Referenced SGPs is a tale of two
speedometers.
• Cohort: 2021 to 2022 normed growth.
• Baseline: 2018 to 2019 normed growth.
• For each grade and content areas:
• Cohort referenced SGPs have a mean/median of 50.
• Baseline referenced SGPs don’t necessarily have a
mean/median of 50.
• Cohort referenced SGPs canNOT show impact
(deceleration) or recover (acceleration)
• Baseline referenced SGP can show impact and recovery.
Pandemic Related Academic Impact in Indiana 3
Cohort versus Baseline Referenced SGPs
• There was deceleration in learning from 2019 to
2021 (cohort) compared to 2017 to 2019 (baseline)
in Indiana.
• We do not know how growth will compare 2021 to
2022 (cohort) with that of 2018 to 2019 (baseline)
• Deceleration continues (more COVID impact)
• Back to normal rates of growth/learning
• Acceleration (recovery)
• The choice of cohort versus baseline referenced is
only relevant if you want to support pre-COVID
versus COVID acceleration/deceleration
comparisons.
Pandemic Related Academic Impact in Indiana 4
Cohort versus Baseline Referenced SGPs and Projections
• Projections/Targets are possible using either cohort
or baseline referenced SGPs.
• Determinations of whether the student hit their
target will be the same regardless of whether you
use cohort or baseline referenced SGPs/projections.
• Determinations will be the same because the
achievement goal (end point) and time frame to
reach that goal are fixed.
Pandemic Related Academic Impact in Indiana 5
Questions
Arizona State Board of Education Meeting, October 25th, 2021
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Considerations for 2022 with ILEARN Student Growth — Indiana Department of Education, February 4, 2022.
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