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A
E
D
A
Here
and
we
do
have
a
forum,
but
please
note
for
the
record
that
assemblyman
macarthur
will
not
be
with
us
today,
so
mark
him
absent
excused.
I
believe
we
will
have
assemblywoman
krasner
so
when
she
arrives
these
mark
her
that
she
is
present
and
just
for
the
record,
assemblywoman
hanson
is
having
some
issues
with
her
camera.
We
hope
to
have
those
resolved
during
the
meeting
but
know
that
she
is
here
and
can
see
all
of
us
and
will
be
actively
taking
part
in
the
committee
meeting
today.
A
Okay,
so
welcome
to
you
all
who
are
visiting
viewing
us
online
or
through
our
youtube
channel,
also
those
who
are
participating
by
phone
and
video
just
a
few
housekeeping
things
before
we
start.
If
you
haven't
done
so
already,
please
make
sure
to
mute
your
microphone
when
you
are
not
speaking
to
minimize
background
noise
committee
members,
please
keep
your
cameras
on
for
the
duration
of
the
meeting
to
ensure
a
quorum
is
present
unless
you
physically
cannot.
A
A
A
reminder
to
people
watching
meeting
materials
can
be
accessed
on
the
committee's
webpage
of
nellis,
which
can
be
located
through
the
nevada
legislature
website
reminder
for
those
watching
online.
In
this
virtual
world
we
do
have
several
screens
going
on
members
of
the
committee.
So
if
you
see
members
looking
away
they're
looking
at
materials
for
the
committee
in
regards
to
the
hearing
we
have
one
hearing
this
afternoon,
I
have
allocated
equal
time
and
testimony
for
support
opposition
in
neutral
to
be
specific.
A
Each
person
providing
testimony
will
be
allowed
a
maximum
of
two
minutes
staff
will
time
each
speaker
to
ensure
everyone
is
given
an
equal
opportunity
to
speak.
Speakers
are
urged
to
avoid
repetition
of
comments
made
by
previous
speakers.
If
you
they've
said
what
you
wanted
to
say
before,
just
you
can
say
ditto
or
they
said
exactly
what
I
wanted
to
say.
A
We
will
limit
the
overall
testimony
for
each
side
to
30
minutes
we
may
or
may
not
on
how
many
people
we
have
in
line
break
it
up
into
10
minutes
of
support,
10
minutes
of
opposition
and
10
minutes
of
neutral.
But
if
it
looks
like
we
only
have
about
five
or
six
in
each
category,
we
might
just
go
ahead
and
get
through
them.
So
we'll
make
that
determination
when
we
get
there.
A
If
you
wish
to
testify
and
have
not
done
so
already,
please
register
online
through
the
link
provided
on
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agenda
of
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meeting
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when
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agenda
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nevada
legislative
legislature's
website
upon
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We
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instead
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A
You
may
also
submit
public
comments
in
writing
either,
in
addition
to,
or
in
lieu
of
testifying,
the
chair
or
members
of
the
committee
may
request,
testifiers
to
submit
documentation
to
support
their
testimony
and
it
looks
like
we
have
assemblywoman
hanson
on
video,
so
welcome.
I
will
now
open
the
hearing
on
assembly
bill
57.
A
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C
C
C
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C
For
now,
individual
slgs
as
part
of
performance
evaluations,
will
distract
from
necessary
collaboration
and
likely
weaken
expectations.
We
ask
you
to
honor
that
the
educational
profession
has
changed
due
to
this
pandemic
and
that
there
are
instructional
shifts.
Teachers
must
make
they
need
time
to
make
those
changes,
the
courage
to
take
those
risks
and
the
ability
to
understand
our
students
needs.
C
C
As
a
friendly
amendment,
once
we've
been
able
to
review
the
language,
I'm
pleased
to
be
available
to
answer
any
questions
of
the
committee,
along
with
our
chief
accountability
officer,
ben
hayes
and
our
chief
human
resources,
emily
ellison.
Thank
you
again
for
taking
the
time
to
hear
this
important
legislation.
A
Thank
you,
superintendent.
Mcneil,
as
mentioned,
we
do
have
a
proposed
amendment
from
the
clark
county
school
district
and
the
clark
county
education
association
that
we
are
going
to
hear
before
we
open
it
up
to
questions
superintendent.
I
was
under
the
assumption
that
you
had
reviewed
the
amendment.
Perhaps
someone
in
your
office
might
have-
and
I
was
under
the
assumption
that
it
was
considered
a
friendly
amendment
and
that
you
had
seen
the
language.
A
So
if,
after
it
is
read,
if
you
could
just
clarify
that
and
then
we
will
open
it
up
to
questions.
G
Thank
you,
brenda
you're
welcome.
Yes,
my
name
is
dr
brenda
pearson.
I
work
as
the
director
of
strategic
policy
initiatives
with
the
clark
county
education,
association,
brad
isn't
able
to
make
it
today.
He
has
another
meeting
that
he's
he's
occupied
in
I
I
want
to
thank
first
of
all
lindsey
anderson
and
the
washoe
county
school
district.
For
the
time
you
spent
with
us
trying
to
make
this
this
language
work
with
the
original
bill
that
you
guys
have
put
forth.
G
G
So,
two
years
ago,
starting
in
the
2019-20
academic
year,
we
began
a
program
called
the
innovative,
eight
middle
school
pilot
project
project
and
essentially,
what
we
did
was
we
focused
on
eight
middle
schools
that
were
the
bottom
five
percent
performing
in
the
state,
and
we
really
took
a
look
at
what
is
what
can
help
teachers
improve
their
practice?
How
can
we
ensure
that
administrators
are
part
and
parcel
collaborating
with
the
teachers
to
improve
student
achievement?
G
We've
found
great
success,
but
the
the
reason
why
I'm
here
today
is
the
slgs
is
a
key
component
of
the
rubric
we
use
in
order
to
evaluate
a
teacher's
progress.
They
have
a
pay-for-performance
model,
that's
incorporated
within
a
three-year
program
and
we're
in
the
middle
of
the
second
year
right
now
and
so
bringing
this
bill
forward.
A
Thank
you
very
much
superintendent
mcneil.
Have
you
had
a
chance
to
look
over
the
amendment.
A
Thank
you
for
that.
Okay,
with
that,
I
will
open
it
up
to
questions.
I
do
have
a
few
from
the
chat
I
have
assemblywoman
wynn,
assemblywoman
miller
and
assemblywoman
torres,
and
then
we
will
fill
in
from
there
and
also
please
for
the
record
note
that
assemblywoman
krasner
is
in
the
and
has
been
in
the
meeting
for
quite
some
time,
and
I
just
wanted
to
get
that
on
the
record.
A
So
go
ahead.
Assemblyman
win.
D
Thank
you
chair.
You
know
I'm
new
to
this
committee,
and
so
I
I
was
looking
at
some
of
the
other
aspects
of
other
ways
and
other
places
in
our
statute
that
we
legislate
evaluations
like
this
and
I
couldn't
find
anyone.
So
I
think
this
might
be
the
only
one.
I
was
wondering
one
if
you
could
correct
that.
D
G
Yes,
that
question
is
for
me:
yeah,
yes,
okay,
I
don't
know
the
statute
off
hand
that
incorporates
student
learning
goals,
but
essentially
what
a
teacher
does
at
the
beginning
of
the
school
year?
Is
they
review
data
that
they
have?
G
They
have
on
the
books
or
or
state-based
data
that
they
have
received
over
the
last
year
and
they
decide
what
are
the
deficits
or
the
weaknesses
that
may
be
existing
within
that
class
or
that
group
of
students
that
they
may
have,
and
so
they
monitor
do
a
baseline
data
and
then
they
target
their
instruction
throughout
the
year
to
increase
and
improve
the
academic
performance
of
a
specific
standard
or
area
standards.
G
They
monitor
those
across
the
year
and
at
the
end
of
the
year
they
are
going
to
report
back
to
their
administrator.
How
much
growth
has
been
made
at
the
beginning
of
the
year?
They
make
a
goal.
They
set
a
goal
saying:
90
percent
of
my
students
will
become
proficient
in
this
standard
and
at
that
end
of
the
time
they
are
there
evaluated
against
that
mark,
and
so
that's
what
our
innovative
eight
middle
school
pilot
project
has
done.
At
this
moment.
G
I
can
share
with
you
that
that
the
data
that
we
have
seen
for
these
eight
middle
school,
even
within
the
midst
of
a
pandemic,
is
higher
than
the
district
average
in
most
cases,
and
so
that's
just
something.
We're
very
proud
of.
D
May
I
follow
up
chair,
I
I
you
know.
I
appreciate,
as
this
relates
to
the
slg,
but
teachers
do
teachers
only
assess
students
using
during
the
slg
or
are
there
other
ways
that
teachers
assess
students,
I'm
assuming
there
are?
It
seems
like
there
are
a
lot
of
ways
that
they're
being
assessed.
G
Yes,
thank
you
for
the
question
brenda
pearson
for
the
record.
Yes,
they
do,
of
course,
there's
statewide
assessments
that
we
use.
We
have
district
level
assessments
that
we
use
within
the
student
learning
goals,
they're
required
to
use
three,
I
believe
assessments
across
the
year,
so
they
can
show
growth
across
time
and
so
that's
an
important
component
of
what
we're
doing
so.
C
Madam
chair,
if
I
may
so
in
order
to
answer
that
question,
I
would
like
our
chief
hr
officer,
because
I
think
it
would
help
actually
to
help.
I'm
sorry,
superintendent.
A
C
H
The
student
learning
goal
is
just
one
component
of
the
comprehensive
evaluation
system,
and
so
when
we
think
about
the
process
that
employers
engage
in
that
our
teachers
and
our
administrators
engage
in,
it's
really
a
comprehensive
process
that
starts
at
the
beginning
of
the
year.
Probationary
and
post-probationary
teachers
experience
a
little
bit
of
differentiation
in
terms
of
the
number
of
observations
that
occur.
If
you
think
about
kind
of
at
a
high
level
what's
happening,
the
year
starts
off
with
a
goal.
Setting
process
then
prior
to
each
formal
observation
that
occurs
in
the
classroom.
H
There's
what's
called
a
pre-conference
and
during
that
process,
administrators
and
educators
are
really
reflecting
on
what
can
be
expected
to
see
to
be
seen
during
that
observation,
what
standards
are
being
taught
what
strategies
the
teacher
is
anticipating
using
so
that
the
administrator
kind
of
knows
what
they're
looking
for
as
they're
going
into
the
classroom,
and
then
the
observation
occurs.
That
is
a
defined
period
of
time
in
which
the
administrator
is
in
the
classroom
and
experiencing
that
environment.
D
Very
much
if
I
could
just
follow
up
really
quickly.
It
should
be
quickly.
I
appreciate
you
explaining
it.
Obviously
I
come
at
it
from
a
very
different
perspective
in
watching
my
children
undergo
like
incredible
amounts
of
standardized
testing
and
other
things
that
it
turns
out
are
not
necessarily
assessing
them
and
it
looks
like
it's
assessing
their
teachers
and
it
seems
like
an
overwhelming
number
of
things
like
in
other
professional
agencies
and
other
professional-like
worlds.
I've
never
seen
this
lack
of
autonomy
that
our
teachers
are
given.
D
So
I
appreciate
the
explanations
yeah
and
I
will
probably
follow
up
after
this
meeting
just
for
some
other
more
detailed
conversations
about
this.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
assemblyman.
I
was
also
going
to
point
out
that
I
do
know
that
we
have
representatives
from
nde,
so
I
don't
know
if
a
representative
would
like
to
speak
on
this
now.
Oh
hello,
hello,
dr
gonzalez,
if
you
would
like
to
speak
on
it
now
or
if
you,
why
don't
you
go
ahead
and
you
look
like
you're
ready?
A
H
You
chair
billboard
explored
felicia,
gonzalez
deputy
superintendent
for
the
record.
I
don't
have
anything
else
to
add
to
this
conversation.
A
E
E
So
I
I
will
ask
the
question
and
then
even
if
legal
needs
to
answer
or
whoever
needs
to
answer
will
be
fine.
My
first
question
is:
does
the
nepf
and
slg's
apply
to
charter.
D
H
First,
thank
you,
madam
chair.
Thank
you
vice
chair
miller.
This
is
amanda
marinthic
community
council,
so
the
student
learning
goals
are
required
to
be
developed
pursuant
to
391.480,
I
believe,
just
apply
to
school
districts,
not
charter
schools,.
H
That
was
specifically
for
lg's
the
broader
performance
framework.
Give
me
just
one.
H
H
I
believe
also
only
applies
to
the
board
of
trustees.
E
Okay,
and
with
that,
it's
my
understanding
that
it's
actually
in
statute
that
when
it
comes
to
this,
that
from
evaluations
of
teachers
that
the
school
boards,
the
board
of
trustees
for
each
district
actually
has
or
should
be,
is,
is
actually
they're
supposed
to
be
reviewing
evaluations
each
year
for
their
their
staff.
Is
that.
H
E
Okay,
so
then,
if
that
is
correct,
is
this
bill
redundant?
Wouldn't
the
school
boards
have
the
ability
to
waive
the
slgs
on
their
own
if
they
reviewed
and
found
that
it
was,
you
know
if
they
found
under
under
what
we
just
heard
the
superintendent
present,
which
echoes
exactly
everything
that
we're
hearing,
educators
and
parents
express.
So
in
that
case
the
school
boards.
Essentially,
the
trustees
could
review
the
evaluation
process
and
the
same
thing.
H
This
is
amanda
mercic
committee
council,
I'm
so
pursuant
to
nrs
391.4,
which
is
proposed
to
be
amended
by
section
1
of
80
57.
Currently,
the
slg's
determine
pupil
growth
as
determined
by
the
slg's
that
are
required
to
be
developed
first
at
2480
and,
as
the
statute
currently
reads,
those
slg's
triple
girls
account
for
15
of
the
evaluation
of
the
teacher,
and
that
is
statutorily
required.
So
currently,
the
school
board
is
not
able
to
waive
the
15
requirement.
E
Okay,
but
they
are,
or
they
should
be,
enforcing
the
fact
that
the
law
says
that
teachers,
the
slg,
is
supposed
to
be
a
teacher-centric,
where
the
teacher
actually
determines
what
the
goals
for
the
students
are
and
how
it
should
be
measured.
Even
though,
as
we
come
back
session
after
session
after
session,
we
know
that
that's
not
happening.
E
My
last
question-
and
this
may
be
for
washoe
directly-
is
there
was
a
study
and
reports
done,
and
I
know
that
many
of
us
have
heard
it
multiple
times
it
was
presented
during
the
interim
committee
on
education.
It
was
presented
from
in
you,
know
many
different
committees,
but
unlv.
E
I
believe
it
was,
did
a
study
on
the
nepf
overall
and
didn't
have
the
most
favorable
things
to
say
about
its
effectiveness
in
what
people,
especially
non-educators,
believe,
is
the
actual
goal,
which
is,
if
you
just
hold
teachers
even
more
accountable,
you
will
get
better
results,
and
so
I
was
just
wondering.
Maybe
again,
this
is
a
question
for
washoe.
E
If
that
study,
if
those
results
were
part
of
your
consideration,
or
was
this
something
as
a
district
that
you
had
determined
you
know
beforehand,
I
was
just
wondering
if
you
could
speak
a
little
bit
more
on
how
you
came
to
because
again
with
past
history,
knowing
where
washoe
stood
on
slgs
and
the
nepf,
I
was
just
wondering
how
you
came
to
this
place
to
in
support
of
teachers
and
admin,
because
admin
are
subject
to
this
as
well.
C
I
appreciate
the
question
madam
vice
chair
and,
if
I
may
so
I'll
begin
and
then
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
our
chief
accountability
officer,
mr
hayes
and
I'll
just
say,
you
know
I
go
back
to
our
original
testimony
and
it
was
really
around
taking
a
look
at
what
our
teachers
are
facing
and
as
well
as
our
principals
are
facing
right
now
during
this
next
you
know
extraordinary
time
and
what
could
we
do
as
as
district
leadership
to
help
kind
of
relieve
some
of
that
additional
stress
and
and
pressure
on
them
at
this
point
in
time
so
I'll
have
I'll?
C
Have
mr
hayes
go
to
your
specific
point
about
the
the
study.
J
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
for
the
record
ben
hayes
washington
county
school
district.
Yes,
we
we
are
familiar
with
the
study
and
to
superintendent
mcneil's
earlier
point.
We
were
privileged
to
get
a
teacher
incentive
fund
grant
about
10
years
ago
that
we
rolled
out
student
learning
objectives.
J
Is
that
there's
a
tendency
whether
subconsciously
or
not
speaking,
from
kind
of
as
an
accountability,
propeller
head,
there's
there's
been
a
tendency
to
lower
goals.
So
what
I
mean
by
that
is
three
years
ago
there
was
82
percent
of
our
students
were
meeting
their
student
learning
goals
the
year
after
that
86
and
then
in
the
final
year,
the
most
recent
year
89.
J
J
J
The
data
has
shown
that
this
has
not
been
an
accountability
metric,
it's
kind
of
maybe
become
more
of
a
distraction
and
compliance
metric,
whereas
we're
trying-
especially
in
this
pandemic
time,
to
get
through
professional
learning
committees
and
teacher
collaboration,
loftier
goals
that
teachers
aren't
afraid
to
miss
because
it'll
impact
their
their
livelihood,
so
set
loftier
goals,
and
we
know
that
the
nevada
school
performance
framework
the
what
what
is
kind
of
nicknamed
the
star
system.
That's
a
more
transparent
and
kind
of
collaborative
framework,
so
teachers
are
really
especially
principals
and
their
staffs.
J
Look
to
that
more
for
making
student
growth.
So
again,
I
kind
of
said
82
and
then
86
and
then
89
were
meeting
their
student
learning
growth
targets.
But
in
our
district
it
has
been
fairly
flat,
frustratingly
flat
at
about
46
proficient
and
about
48
percentage
percent
of
our
students
making
their
student
their
adequate
growth
goals
in
order
to
get
to
proficiency,
which
is
all
measured
from
a
bigger
kind
of
s
back,
which
is
more
psychometrically
valid,
obviously
doesn't
guide
his
instruction
as
much
so
I
hope
I
I
made.
D
Thank
you
chair
and
thank
you
for
your
presentation.
I
really
do
appreciate
this
piece
of
legislation.
Superintendent,
mcneil.
I
think
that
this
is
you
know.
I've
had
a
lot
of
teachers
reaching
out
to
me
over
the
last
couple
weeks
about
their
disappointment
having
to
do
the
slg
having
difficulty
getting
a
hold
of
students,
students
that
maybe
are
not
present
having
those
students
now
complete
the
slg,
especially
when
we've
changed
how
we
are
marking
attendance
right
with
positive
attendance.
The
student
might
be
present.
D
That
doesn't
necessarily
mean
the
students
are
completing
the
work.
So
it's
been,
it's
becoming
a
really
cumbersome
instrument
for
educators
to
ensure
that
the
slg
gets
complete,
because
we
definitely
want
a
hundred
percent
completion
when
we're
completing
that
assessment.
My
concerns
of
the
legislation
is
not
with
the
bill
in
and
of
itself,
but
rather
with
the
amendment,
and
I
just
I'm
hoping
to
get
some
clarification
on
the
amendment
that's
being
presented
today,
I'm
very
familiar
with
the
innovative
eight
schools
and
the
work
that
they're
doing
in
our
community.
D
In
fact,
one
of
them
is
in
my
district
and
very
close
to
the
to
my
home,
and
so
my
concern,
I'm
looking
as
I
look
at
this
amendment
is
I
I'm
not
understanding,
and
I
would
like
it
clarified
for
the
record
whether
or
not
the
intent
is
for
us
to
require
that
the
teachers
complete
the
slg
and
continue
to
make
it
a
part
of
the
valuation
for
that
educator,
that
these
teachers
are
now
being
evaluated
based
off
of
that
slg,
as
as
they
have
been
expected
to
in
the
past,
or
whether
or
not
they
intended
for
them
to
just
be
required
to
still
complete
it.
G
Brenda
pearson
for
the
record,
thank
you
for
your
question.
Assemblywoman
torres
that
the
answer
is
that
it
is
not
going
to
be
added
into
their
evaluation.
The
intent
is
for
them
to
maintain
the
requirement
of
creating
and
monitoring
a
student
learning
goal,
but
then
it's
not
necessarily
factored
into
their
evaluation.
G
The
language
of
the
amendment
does
say
such
agreement
may
continue
to
develop
learning
goals.
So,
during
this
remainder
of
this
school
year
we
have
all
intents
and
purposes
to
maintain
the
student
learning
goal
as
as
it
is,
but
we
need
to
kind
of
go
back
to
the
drawing
board
when
it
comes
to
the
second
year
to
make
sure
that
these
are
the
best
measures
of
accountability
that
we
can
have
for
these
innovative
eight
middle
schools.
D
G
A
Thank
you
assemblywoman,
and
that
is
an
important
matter
that
you
got
on
the
record.
So
I
appreciate
that
next
we
will
go
to
assemblyman
flores.
K
K
I
don't
want
to
give
the
impression
that
I
I
come
from
this
lens,
but
rather
I
have
gotten
emails
and
and
just
a
bunch
of
people
raising
concerns
and
raising
the
flag
of
what
this
means
to
their
child
right
and
understandably,
we
all
want
our
kids
to
come
in
at
a
certain
level
and
that
we
have
some
type
of
understanding
that
they're
growing
and
and
that's
just
common
sense,
and
I
know
that
our
teachers
are
working
incredibly
hard
and
this
piece
of
legislation
looks
to
give
them
the
flexibility
and
take
away
some
of
those
parameters
to
be
able
to
just
utilize
their
own
skill
set
and
and
their
own
creativity,
to
to
help
these
kids
excel.
K
But
but
I
also
want
to
speak
to
those
parents
who
have
sent
us
the
emails
who
have
called
us
just
to
help
alleviate
them,
and
let
them
understand
that
it's
not
what
they
think
that
we're
not
somehow
going
to
create
some
type
of
environment
where
their
kids
aren't
growing
right.
So
if
I
could,
I'm
gonna
leave
the
the
question
open-ended
in
that
way,
so
that
I
can
give
you
the
flexibility
to
navigate
through
that.
But
this
is
more
just
intended
for
those
parents
so
that
they
understand
that.
C
You
know
absolutely
assemblyman
flores
and
krista
mcneil
superintendent
for
the
washoe
county
school
district
for
the
record
I'll
start
out
and
then
I'll
have
our
our
chief
accountability
officer
ben
hayes,
really
talk
about
our
robust
assessment
system
because
you're
absolutely
right.
This
has
nothing.
J
Hi
for
the
record
ben
hayes
washington
school
district-
I
I
don't
have
much
to
add
to
dr
mcniel's
point
two
things
real
quickly,
though
we
we
want
this
bill
to
free
up
space
for
teachers
to
do
more,
what
we
call
diagnostic
assessment,
so
a
little
bit
deeper
on
what
what
the
children
have
maybe
lost
or
not
gained
what
they
should
have
during
this
this
pandemic,
so
and
whereas
an
slo
or
an
slg
is
often
kind
of
a
pre
and
post
test
or
a
baseline
and
a
growth
after
that
test,
we'd
like
to
free
up
space
for
diagnostics
and
then
kind
of
monitoring,
those
diagnostic
assessments
and
kind
of,
and
how
the
intervention
is
going,
which
doesn't
fit
neatly
into
an
nslo
at
all
and
then
also
to
kind
of
latch.
J
On
to
dr
mcneil's
point
about
the
strategic
plan,
the
two-year
strategic
plan,
a
big
component
of
that
is
family
engagement
and
kind
of
working
with
parents
on
what
we
need
to
kind
of
fill
in
the
gaps
that
this
pandemic
has
caused.
So
we're
definitely
on
board
with
that.
We
have
a
big
initiative
of
kind
of
moving
our
standards
based
assessment
system.
J
Back
to
grade
level
standards,
so,
whereas
different
tests
kind
of
can
tell
you
percentiles
and
different
things
like
that,
we
want
to
be
able
to
communicate
with
parents,
teachers,
students,
families,
how
their
kids
are
doing
on
the
pathway
to
graduation
how
they're
doing
on
the
grade
level
standards.
So
that's
definitely
a
big
part
of
it.
A
F
Okay,
thank
you
so
much
and
appreciate
this
ongoing
discussion.
We've
had
the
discussion
around
slgs
for
and
how
we,
how
we
monitor
and
hold
it
hold
accountable
while
making
sure
that
we're
connecting
to
student
outcomes
and
this
teacher
myself.
I
appreciate
that
discussion
greatly.
F
I
think
my
one
question
that
I
don't
know-
and
forgive
me
if
I
missed
it
that
I
haven't
had
answered
yet,
and
that
is
we
know
that
we're
moving
towards
already
most
school
districts
outside
of
clark
county
have
already
opened
up
to
a
hybrid
model,
we're
hoping
that
more
and
more
of
our
schools
will
be
able
to
open
up
more
and
more
as
we
get
on
top
of
covid,
and
so
I
know
that
this
goes
through
the
year
2022
to
2023
and
there's
been
some
questions
and
concerns
about
that
timeline
of
stretching
out.
F
C
As
I
said
in
the
original
testimony,
we
are
not
anticipating
that
the
recovery
from
this
pandemic
is
going
to
take
just
one
year
and
it's
going
to
take.
You
know
a
couple
of
years
to
really
dive
in
deep
and
make
sure
that
our
students
have
all
the
supports
that
they
need
again.
We
will
continue
to
address
those
concerns
and
reach
out
to
stakeholders
and
talk
about
that
timeline
as
well,
and
we
can
appreciate
that-
and
we've
heard
some
of
that
feedback
as
well.
F
Thank
you,
and
if
I
could
just
ask
a
quick
follow-up,
then
on
that
I
appreciate
that
I
appreciate
how
collaborative
you
always
are
superintendent
emil
and
with
stakeholders.
F
F
Does
this
mandate
that
it
has
to
stay
at
zero
all
the
way
through
or
is
there
some
sort
of
way
to
have
permissive
language
that
if
we
are
recovering
more
and
reopening
and
seeing
student
progress
that
it
would
be
appropriate
to
start
to
gradually
work?
This
back
in.
C
I
think
that
that's
you
know.
Oh
sorry,
assemblywoman
thank
you,
kristen
mcneill
superintendent,
for
the
washington
county
school
district.
For
the
record
I
need
I
need
like
a
little
shock
thing.
That
tells
me
to
do
that,
and
you
know.
I
think
that
this
is
probably
better
a
question
that
legal
can
kind
of
help
us
navigate
around
that
as
well
too.
H
Thank
you
chair.
This
is
amanda
merced
community
council,
so
currently,
as
written,
the
zero
percent
would
be
a
requirement
for
each
of
those
years.
It's
currently
not
written
in
such
a
way
that
it
could
be
adjusted
as
needed
by
the
districts
or
department
of
education.
A
A
Please
remember
to
clearly
state
and
spell
your
name
and
limit
your
testimony
to
two
minutes
based
on
the
number
of
calls
we
have
in
the
queue
we're
gonna
go
ahead
and
and
push
through
and
hopefully
do
all
the
support.
Then
all
the
opposition
then
all
the
neutral.
So
we
will
begin
with
support
of
ab57
staff
from
broadcast
and
production
services.
Please
add
the
first
caller
thank.
B
L
L
M-A-R-I-E-N-E-I-S-E-S-S-
and
I
am
the
president
of
the
clark
county
education
association,
the
clark
county
education
association
represents
more
than
eighteen
thousand
licensed
professionals
in
the
clark
county
school
district.
We
are
the
largest
independent
teachers
union
in
the
country
and
in
the
state
of
nevada.
We
engage
in
bipartisan
advocacy
for
advancing
public
education
in
nevada.
L
The
report
was
presented
to
the
teachers
and
leaders
council
in
may
of
2020,
and
we
would
like
to
highlight
two
glaring
conclusions.
Number
one
growth
on
the
teacher
and
eps
has
no
impact
on
school
achievement
growth,
in
other
words,
when
teachers
improve
on
their
evaluations,
students
do
not
improve
academically.
L
Two,
approximately
99
of
all
educators
are
found
to
be
effective
or
from
this
or
highly
effective,
on
their
nepf
evaluation.
From
this
study,
we
know
that
the
lowest
performing
schools
in
nevada
have
an
equivalent
number
of
effective
teachers.
As
the
highest
performing
schools
in
nevada,
we
can
also
assume
that
a
third
year
teacher
is
rated
as
expected.
As
often
as
a
veteran
teacher.
L
L
We
continue
to
develop
learning
goals
for
pupils
to
satisfy
the
requirements
of
the
agreement
for
the
duration
of
the
agreement.
Every
educator
deserves
to
work
with
their
students
to
define
learning
goals,
to
ensure
students
walk
away
from
kate,
while
public
education
with
the
tools
necessary
to
succeed.
Thank
you.
B
M
P-A-I-G-E-B-A-R-N-E-S-
and
I
am
here
today
on
behalf
of
the
nevada
association
of
school
boards
in
support
of
ab57,
we
believe
that
this
is
a
great
way
to
support
our
teachers
and
administrators
in
these
unprecedented
times.
We
want
to
encourage
our
students
and
and
our
teachers
to
set
aggressive
goals
without
the
increased
anxiety
geared
during
covid19
and
the
recovery
of
this
pandemic.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
your
time.
B
N
Hi
good
afternoon,
madam
chair
members
of
the
committee
alexander
marks
with
the
nevada
state
education
association,
that's
the
marks
in
2019
you'll
recall
the
nsca
sent
a
letter
to
each
member
of
the
body
about
over
2
000
emails
from
educators
across
the
state
about
why
slo
slg
should
be
reduced
from
40
to
15
percent.
We
still
stand
by
our
position
that
they
should
be
at
zero
percent.
Student
assessment
should
not
be
used
for
teacher
evaluations.
N
We
think
it's
poor
policy
and
we
just
didn't
think
the
the
effort
was
needed
even
last
session
for
this
type
of
non-controversial
legislation.
That's
why
we've
been.
N
Under
the
banner
listen
to
educators,
I'd
like
to
read
a
letter
from
educator
don
echeverry,
who
is
the
nsca
vice
president
in
support
of
ab57,
my
name
is
don
echeverry.
I've
been
teaching
music
in
the
washoe
county
school
district
for
27
years
last
march.
When
schools
closed
their
buildings,
educators
immediately
redesigned
their
curriculum
to
meet
the
needs
of
the
children
in
their
classrooms.
N
During
the
summer
we
attended
classes
and
trainings
to
make
sure
we
were
ready
to
meet
the
academic
challenges
ahead
of
us.
Educators
have
spent
and
will
continue
to
spend
hours
preparing
for
the
next
hybrid
lesson.
In
my
class
I
may
have
had
60
percent
of
the
class
sitting
in
front
of
me,
while
40
are
participating
on
a
camera
on
the
computer
from
home.
It's
my
job
as
an
educator
to
make
sure
every
child
in
that
class
is
comprehending
and
absorbing
the
information
taught.
These
are
the
items
my
evaluation
needs
to
be
based
upon.
N
It
is
this
teaching
environment
that
I
will
need
professional
coaching
and
the
evaluation
shows.
This
is
why
I
support
the
washoe
county
school
district's
proposal
supporting
their
educators
in
this
extraordinary
time.
The
ability
to
suspend
slo
slgs
allows
the
administrator
and
educator
to
work
together
to
make
adjustments
needed.
Teachers
are
still
working
through
slos
in
every
lesson.
N
The
differences
that
they
aren't
picking
once
to
receive
15
of
the
evaluation
on
this
bill
will
allow
the
evaluation
of
teachers
to
be
based
on
the
teacher's
ability
to
still
make
those
one-on-one
connections
with
students
in
order
to
not
only
teach
but
make
sure
their
social
and
emotional
needs
are
being
met.
Please
listen
to
educators
and
pass
assembly
bill
57.
Thank
you.
B
M
Good
afternoon
madden,
chair
and
members
of
the
committee
for
the
record,
my
name
is
mary,
porzinski,
m-a-r-y,
p-I-e-r-c-z-y-n
s-k-I,
and
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
the
nevada
association
of
school
superintendents,
which
is
an
organization
representing
all
17
school
superintendents
in
the
state,
and
we
want
to
thank
the
washoe
county
school
district
for
bringing
this
bill
forward.
We
are
in
support
of
the
bill
and
the
amendment
that's
been
proposed
by
clark
county
school
district.
It's
a
common
sense
approach
to
dealing
with
the
issues
the
pandemic
has
created
for
our
teachers
and
our
students.
M
Recovery
is
going
to
take
a
long
time,
and
this
will
help
our
teachers
be
able
to
stretch
a
little
bit
and
not
have
fear
of
loss
of
employment
while
they
try
to
move
their
students
quickly
along
the
path
to
recovery.
After
all,
this
time,
they've
lost
in
the
classroom,
so
we
want
to
thank
washoe
county
for
bringing
this
forward.
Thank
you.
B
O
F-R-E-E-M-A-N-H-O-L-B-R-O-O-K
I'm
calling
today
on
behalf
of
the
washoe
school
principles
and
administrators
association.
Our
association
represents
94
of
principals
and
administrators
in
public
schools
in
washoe
county
and
we
are
in
support
of
ab57.
We
appreciate
your
consideration
and
want
to
express
our
thanks
to
the
school
district
for
including
administrators
in
this
proposal.
O
In
this
unprecedented
time
of
school
closures,
districts
and
school
administrators
must
walk
a
fine
line
regarding
teacher
evaluations.
Districts
should
have
the
flexibility
to
hold
teachers
and
administrators
harmless
from
the
challenges
unique
to
the
coronavirus
environment,
while
also
continuing
to
provide
valuable
feedback.
We
believe
this
bill
will
do
that.
Educators
and
site
administrators
have
been
tasked
with
implementing
district
state
and
federal
directives,
but
do
not
have
direct
sane,
creating
the
academic
environment
for
our
students
this
year.
O
Should
this
measure
pass,
it
will
allow
a
path
for
school
leaders
and
educators
to
focus
on
the
instructional
and
wellbeing
needs
of
their
students
without
the
additional
stressors
of
goals
that
they
have
limited
control
over
during
this
unprecedented
time
again,
we
urge
you
to
pass
ab57
as
a
way
to
assist
students,
teachers
and
administrators
in
building
a
path
for
all
to
succeed.
Thank
you
for
your
time
and
your
consideration.
B
P
Begin
name
is
brian
rippett
b-r-I-a-n-r-a-r-I-p-p-e-t
for
the
record
jeffrey
noon.
I'm
a
science
teacher
from
douglas
county
currently
on
leave
serving
as
president
of
the
nevada
state
education
association.
I
am
here
to
convey
my
support
for
ab57,
which
would
pause
the
use
of
slg
data
to
evaluate
classroom
teachers.
P
This
pause
will
allow
teachers
to
focus
on
individual
students
and
their
needs,
as
we
return
to
full
in-person
instruction.
It
does
so
by
removing
a
very
time
consuming
and
stressful
portion
of
the
evaluation
classroom.
Teachers
are
navigating
unprecedented
emotional
needs
of
students
while
assessing
and
delivering
targeted
individual
instruction
pausing.
The
slg
mandate
will
take
a
significant
burden
of
teachers
and
site
administrators
plates,
thus
allowing
them
to
better
serve
their
students.
P
In
that
time,
we
have
had
many
discussions
about
evolving
the
nepf
and
slg
from
a
pure
accountability
tool
that
targeted
and
punished
educators
to
one
that
truly
embraces
collaboration
and
professional
growth
as
its
primary
purpose.
Your
passage
of
sb
547
last
session
and
numerous
department
of
ed
guidance
documents
in
recent
years
are
evidence
of
this
progress.
P
One
roadblock
to
realizing
the
nepf
potential
is
the
slg.
The
slg
is
a
narrow
measure
of
one
standard.
In
one
subject,
it
has
become
an
outsize
focused
of
the
evaluation
in
terms
of
time
and
stress
many
teachers
and
site
administrators
still
believe
the
slg
is
a
pass
fail.
No
adjustment
allowed
high
stakes,
reporting,
measure
and
often
map
tests
are
the
tool
of
measure,
even
though
they
are
wholly
inappropriate.
P
P
A
B
Q
Good
afternoon,
chair,
bildray
axelrod
vice
chair
miller
and
members
of
the
assembly
education
committee.
My
name
is
jeff
horn
j-e-f-f-h-o-r-n
and
I
am
the
deputy
executive
director
with
the
clark
county
association
of
school
administrators
and
professional
technical
employees.
Our
organization
represents
approximately
1300
ccsd
administrators
with
98
of
those
eligible
to
join
the
association
or
current
members.
Q
Current
testing
and
evaluation
commonly
used
to
measure
and
align
people
growth
during
student
learning
has
been
widely
inadequate
and
does
not
support
meaningful
data
that
should
be
utilized
for
measuring
student
outcomes.
It's
important
to
allow
time
for
teachers
and
administrators
to
focus
on
teaching
and
learning,
as
well
as
the
social
and
emotional
welfare
of
our
students.
I
thank
you
for
your
time
and
consideration
on
this
bill.
Thank
you.
B
B
M
Yes,
I'm
calling
from
429-1497
I
appreciate
listening
in
I.
What
I
would
like
with
the
teachers
and
schools
is
anything
that
has
that
I
would
just
like
the
legislature
to
have
the
schools
back
in
session
and
everything
back
the
way
that
it
was.
As
far
as
the
teacher
evaluations,
I
would
like
those
to
continue.
A
A
B
O
Good
afternoon,
for
the
record,
my
name
is
paul
moratkin
m-o-r-a-d
k-h-a-n,
and
I
am
the
senior
vice
president
of
government
affairs
for
the
vegas
chamber.
I
would
like
to
first
thank
the
washoe
county
school
district
for
being
accessible
and
having
a
dialogue
about
this
bill.
However,
our
members,
who
are
the
employers
that
hire
the
graduates
from
our
local
school
districts,
are
opposed
to
this
bill.
As
written,
we
recognize
that
teachers
and
students
have
been
impacted
by
club
19,
just
as
covet
has
brought
challenges
to
all
of
us
throughout
our
state.
L
F
O
A
Thank
you,
mr
moroccan,
and
next
call
in
opposition.
B
D
There
are
other
methods
to
reduce
teacher
workload
without
compromising
positive
impacts
on
student
learning,
for
example,
washoe's
student
learning,
objective
expectations
and
schedule
for
the
2021
school
year
required
the
slo
to
be
drafted
and
reviewed
in
multiple
stages.
This
approach
increased
the
workload
on
teachers
and
extended
the
development
stage
well
into
the
school
year.
Nepf
protocols
do
not
require
this
multi-step
approval
process.
D
Secondly,
the
criteria
for
assessments
to
measure
progress
toward
slgs
and
slos
have
never
required
standardized
assessments.
It
was
always
the
intent
of
the
teachers
and
leaders,
council
or
tlc
and
nde
that
focused
on
the
slg's
and
slos
would
be
determined
by
student
need
aligned
with
the
standards
and
not
the
standardized
assessment
available.
B
B
I
My
name
is
ed
gonzalez,
my
first
name
ed,
my
last
name
g-o-n-z-a-l-e-z,
I'm
a
community
member
of
the
hickey
elementary
school
organizational
team
in
sunrise
manor.
The
reason
I'm
speaking
in
neutral.
I
was
initially
supportive
of
the
con
of
the
the
original
bill,
but
I
have
some
concerns
with
the
amendment
I
feel
like.
If
we
are
stating
that
student
learning
goals
are
not
good
data
during
this
pandemic
to
be
used
for
evaluation,
I
feel
like
what
assemblywoman
tours
has
stated.
I
One
of
the
many
metrics
that's
been
used
for
student
learning
goals
is
the
map
test,
the
measure
of
academic
progress
and
we've
heard
stories
of
that
data
being
skewed
by
parents
unintentionally,
trying
to
help
students
move
faster
through
the
test
and
by
that
we're
not
getting
good
data,
and
so
I
think,
there's
a
lot
of
concern
about
what
we're
trying
to
do
with
this.
So
I'm
supportive
of
the
concept
of
reducing
it
to
zero
as
a
temporary
measure,
but
those
are
some
of
the
aspects
that
we
have
seen
over
at
school
levels.
I
More
importantly,
I
feel
like
when
we're
talking
about
data.
Most
of
the
data
that
we
use
for
evaluation
is
almost
negative
aspect,
which
is,
after
the
fact,
not
helping
teachers
as
they
move
through
the
process
sort
of
like
the
end
of
credit
exams
that
we
do
for
aspect.
I
think
there
needs
to
be
a
better
look
of
how
we
can
have
real-time
data
at
schools,
especially
in
clark
county
to
move
forward.
A
Thank
you,
mr
gonzalez,
and
I
I
think
your
testimonies
will
actually
be
more
appropriate
in
opposition,
because
you
had
several
issues
with
the
bill
as
written
so
we'll.
If
the
secretaries
could
please
put
mr
gonzalez
in
the
opposition
category,
are
there
any
other
calls
in
neutral.
B
A
C
Thank
you
so
much
chairwoman
and
kristen
mcneill
superintendent
for
the
washoe
county
school
district.
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
committee
for
hearing
our
testimony
today
and
I
just
truly
like
to
thank
the
committee.
We
will
continue
to
work
with
our
stakeholders
on
the
concerns
that
were
brought
up
today
and
we
look
forward
to
moving
this
forward
with
your
committee.
So
thank
you
once
again
for
everyone.
A
A
B
B
A
Thank
you
very
much,
and
I
would
like
to
take
a
point
of
personal
privilege
to
thank
everyone
who
was
online
and
ready
to
take
questions.
I
know
our
committee
really
likes
to
dive
deep,
and
so
we
went
out
of
our
way
to
make
sure
that
everything
that
I
thought
would
possibly
come
up,
that
we
would
be
able
to
have
answers
for
those.
A
So
thank
you.
If
you
didn't
get
to
speak,
I
just
appreciate
you
spending
some
time
with
us.
Are
there
any
other
comments
from
the
members
before
we
adjourn.