Excluding SGOs from the Final Practice Score

Changes to Exclude SGO Scores from the Calculated Final Practice Score

Parameters to exclude SGO scores from the final NJ SMART Evaluation practice score for the year have been added to the Evaluations→Setup→NJ SMART Scoring screen.

To view and change these parameters, do the following:

1. Go to the Evaluations→Setup→NJ SMART Scoring screen:
   
   
   

1. This screen is divided into four sections for:
   1. Teachers
   2. Other Certificated Staff (Teachers)
   3. Other Certificated Staff (Admin)
   4. Administrators – P/VP/AP
      
      

3. “Exclude SGO Score” parameters have been added to each section.  For example:
   
    To view and change these parameters, scroll down to each section.  In addition, once the "Exclude SGO Score" checkbox is checked, each section will additionally shows the calculation formula excluding SGOs.  The calculation formulas are read-only – they are not editable.

Teachers

The "Exclude SGO" column appears only once the "Exclude SGO Score" has been checked and saved.  The altered formula is hardwired and cannot be modified.

Other Certificated Staff (Teacher)

The "Exclude SGO" column appears only once the "Exclude SGO Score" has been checked and saved.  The altered formula is hardwired and cannot be modified.

Other Certificated Staff (Admin)

The "Exclude SGO" column appears only once the "Exclude SGO Score" has been checked and saved.  The altered formula is hardwired and cannot be modified.

Admin P / VP / AP

The "Exclude SGO" column appears only once the "Exclude SGO Score" has been checked and saved. The formulas for Admin P/VP/AP final Practice Scores are not completely hardwired and can be modified.

When modifying a score, it is important that the final total percentage be 100% and not more or less.

Only the left side "Percentage" column is editable:  what you enter into the fields for Administrative SGP Score, Practice Score and Leadership Score are copied to the right side "Exclude SGO" column.