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LAUSD presses union on test scores
Los Angeles TimesThe Los Angeles Unified School District will ask labor unions to adopt a new approach to teacher evaluations that would judge instructors partly by their ability to raise students' test scores -- a sudden and fundamental change in how the nation's second-...Tags: Teachers, Labor Legislation, School Examinations, Career and Workplace, Los Angeles Unified School District
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In reforming schools, quality of teaching often overlooked
Sitting in the library during a break, two veteran teachers at Edwin Markham Middle School rattled off the names of principals who had been sent to fix the chronically low-performing school in Watts.
There was Kimbell, Miller, Norris and Borges. Then...Tags: Teachers, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Science, Edwin Markham, Regional Authority
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It's all about kids learning
Vacation ends Monday for most Los Angeles Unified elementary school students, but opening day this year might be more stressful for parents and teachers than for children. That's because hundreds of teachers considered competent last semester have now...Tags: Examinations, Children, Teaching and Learning, Science and Technology
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UCLA's Anderson School wants to end reliance on state funding
L.A. NOWUCLAâs Anderson School of Management is seeking to end any reliance on state funds under a controversial proposal that would be the first such shift to self-sufficiency in the cash-strapped UC system and could provide a model for other programs...... -
Hard lessons for teachers
For The Record
Teacher rankings: The On the Media column in the Sept. 4 Calendar section supporting The Times' decision to publish so-called value-added rankings of teachers said rankings derived from student test results "presumably would remain...Tags: Teachers, Twitter, Inc., School Examinations, Public Employees, Journalism
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Group urges new teacher evaluations
Los Angeles TimesA group of business and civic leaders is urging the Los Angeles school district and teachers union to quickly develop a new evaluation system that incorporates student test score data and gives families more access to information about instructors. "This...Tags: Unions, Elections, School Examinations, Career and Workplace, Los Angeles Unified School District
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Are L.A. teachers right to protest The Times over evaluation database?
L.A. NOWThe L.A. teachers union is scheduled to protest in front of the L.A. Times this afternoon. The union, along with other organizations, has criticized a Times database rating the effectiveness of some teachers in the district. The database is part...... -
School board ends evaluation silence
Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles school board members made their first public statements Tuesday about evaluating teachers partially by analyzing student test scores, with most saying that the current system needs to be reworked and some adding that parents deserve more...Tags: Teachers Unions, Standardized Testing, Examinations, Teaching and Learning, Elections
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Parents have the right to know
SACRAMENTO -- Grading teachers based on how much their students learn should be a no-brainer. In fact, state law for more than three decades has required that pupil progress be one of the factors in evaluating teachers. But, as it turns out, when...Tags: Lobbying, Bill Gates, Chicago Transit Authority, School Examinations, Joe Nunez
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Times reporters respond to Blowback critical of 'Grading the Teachers' series
Opinion L.A.Below is a response by Times reporters Jason Felch, Jason Song and Doug Smith to the Aug. 25 Blowback article by UC Berkeley education professors Bruce Fuller and Xiaoxia Newton. In their piece, Fuller and Newton say The Times' "value added" method of... -
Method challenges some education myths
For years, schools and students have been judged on raw standardized test scores. Experts say this approach is flawed because they tend to reflect socioeconomic levels more than learning. The "value-added" approach attempts to level the playing field...Tags: Examinations, Teaching and Learning, School Examinations, Education
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Superintendent spreads the gospel of 'value-added' teacher evaluations
When Terry Grier was hired to run the San Diego Unified School District in January 2008, he hoped to bring with him a revolutionary tool that had never been tried in a large California school system.
Its name -- "value-added" -- sounded innocuous enough....Tags: Unions, Bill Gates, Stanford University, Research, Employment
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