(2) A district may request placement of any evaluation tool that it has adopted for use on the list
by submitting an online application available on the department’s website and all of the following:
(a) Evidence of the evaluation tool’s research base.
(b) The identity and qualifications of the author or authors of the evaluation tool.
(c) Evidence of the evaluation tool’s reliability, validity, and efficacy.
(d) All frameworks and rubrics used with the evaluation tool, with detailed descriptors for each
performance level on key summative indicators.
(e) A description of the processes for conducting observations, collecting evidence, conducting
evaluation conferences, developing performance ratings, and developing performance
improvement plans.
(f) A description of the plan for providing evaluators and observers with training in the use of the
evaluation tool.
(3) A public or private organization other than a district may request placement of an evaluation
tool on the list by submitting an online application available on the department’s website and all
of the following:
(a) Either of the following:
(i) Evidence that the evaluation tool has been approved or adopted for use by at least 2 state
education agencies.
(ii) Evidence that not less than 10 districts in this state will consider adopting the evaluation tool
if it is added to the list.
(b) Evidence of the evaluation tool’s research base.
(c) The identity and qualifications of the author or authors of the evaluation tool.
(d) Evidence of the evaluation tool’s reliability, validity, and efficacy.
(e) All frameworks and rubrics used with the evaluation tool, with detailed descriptors for each
performance level on key summative indicators.
(f) A description of the processes for conducting observations, collecting evidence, conducting
evaluation conferences, developing performance ratings, and developing performance
improvement plans.
(g) A description of the plan for providing evaluators and observers with training in the use of
the evaluation tool.
(4) The department shall review an evaluation tool submitted under this rule using the scoring
guide and examining all information required under subrule (2) or (3) of this rule.
(5) Not more than 90 days after receipt of a request under this rule, the department shall notify
the district or organization if the evaluation tool will be placed on the list. If the department
determines that the evaluation tool will not be placed on the list, the notice shall include the reasons
for denial of the request.
(6) An evaluation tool submitted under this rule shall be placed on the list if it satisfies the
minimum requirements set forth in the scoring guide.
History: 2017 AACS.
R 380.23 Removal of evaluation tool from list.
Rule 3. (1) The department shall remove an evaluation tool from the list if any of the following
occurs:
(a) The department modifies the scoring guide and an evaluation tool on the list does not satisfy
the minimum requirements set forth in the scoring guide as modified.
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