SRA Guide
Forming the SRA Panel

NUMBER OF PANELS
       Two district-appointed SRA panels (one in language arts literacy and one in mathematics) oversee the SRA process for each student who is partially proficient in LAL and/or is partially proficient in mathematics.

WHO ARE ON THE PANELS?
       A minimum of three teachers certified in that HSPA content area must be on the panel.
       FOR LANGUAGE ARTS LITERACY: The panel must include secondary certified English teachers. Reading certified teachers may also be members of the SRA LAL panel but they may only score the SRA PATs in reading.
       FOR MATHEMATICS: THE mathematics panel must include secondary certified mathematics teachers.
       ADDITIONALLY: ESL/Bilingual staff must also be included on the panel for all native language SRA related decisions or if LEP students are completing the SRA in English.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF PANELS
       • identifying the cluster(s) to be addressed in the partially proficient content area;
       • selecting the SRA PATs by cluster to be administered to individual students;
       • administering the SRA PAT; (Teachers need not be certified in the content area to administer the PAT. Substitute or non-certified teachers may not administer SRA PATs.)
       • scoring the student responses to the SRA PATs; (Only teachers certified in the content area may score the PAT. Likewise, ESL/Bilingual teachers who are certified in the content area may also score the PAT.)
       • tracking student progress; and
       • completing the SRA student profiles.