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Teachers respond
On Sunday, The Times made public a database of "value-added" ratings for about 6,000 Los Angeles Unified School District teachers. Rankings from "least effective" to "most effective" were assigned to teachers based on an analysis of whether they...Tags: U.S. Department of Education, Arts and Culture, Teachers, Los Angeles Unified School District, Human Interest
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How the teachers were evaluated
The Times used a statistical approach called value-added to estimate the effectiveness of teachers in Los Angeles schools. The approach has been around since the 1970s but has recently grown more popular -- and controversial -- as it is used for...Tags: Schools, Human Interest, School Examinations, Examinations, Teaching and Learning
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U.S. schools chief to push disclosure
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan will call for all states and school districts to make public whether their instructors are doing enough to raise students' test scores and to share other school-level information with parents, according to a text of...Tags: Los Angeles Unified School District, Newspapers, Schools, Teachers Unions, Teaching and Learning
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New York to release teachers' ratings
The New York City school system announced Wednesday that it will release ratings for nearly 12,000 teachers based on student test scores, potentially giving the public an unprecedented window into the effectiveness of instructors at the nation's largest...Tags: Schools, Teachers Unions, Columbia University, Teaching and Learning, Charleston
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Educator sees the value in 'value-added' approach to evaluating teachers
For The Record Los Angeles Times Tuesday, October 20, 2009 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 4 National Desk 1 inches; 37 words Type of Material: Correction Teacher evaluations: An article in some editions of Sunday's Section A about evaluating teacher...Tags: Schools, Teachers Unions, Heads of State, Teaching and Learning, Unions
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Editorial: A teachable moment
The role of test scores in evaluating teachers is a prickly and complicated issue, which is why California has been avoiding the conversation for so long. Fortunately, that procrastination is no longer possible after The Times took the bold step of...Tags: Judges, Los Angeles Unified School District, Human Interest, School Examinations, Examinations
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Union stages protest against Times
Hundreds of Los Angeles Unified School District teachers rallied in front of The Times on Tuesday evening, protesting what they said was unfair reporting in recent articles that used a statistical analysis to rank the performance of thousands of...Tags: Los Angeles Unified School District, Teachers, Newspapers, School Examinations, Examinations
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Singled-out L.A. Unified teacher shares skills with colleagues
In February, fifth-grade teacher Miguel Aguilar stood in the front of a class, nervous and sweating.
The subject — reading and comprehension — was nothing new. But on this day, his students weren't 11-year-olds in sneakers and sweatshirts:...Tags: Teachers, Los Angeles Unified School District, Teachers Unions, Teaching and Learning, Science
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Fedde Academy in Hawaiian Gardens enacts ambitious change
Like almost every teacher at this Hawaiian Gardens middle school, science instructor John Laird posts his students' standardized test results in the back of his classroom.
But right next to them, Laird also put up his own evaluation. "This is my report...Tags: U.S. Department of Education, Human Interest, Teachers Unions, Examinations, Teaching and Learning
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'Value-added' teacher evaluations: L.A. Unified tackles a tough formula
In Houston, school district officials introduced a test score-based evaluation system to determine teacher bonuses, then — in the face of massive protests — jettisoned the formula after one year to devise a better one.
In New York, teachers...Tags: African Americans, Schools, Human Interest, Hillsborough County, Teachers Unions
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L.A. schools chief vows to use evaluation data to help teachers
L.A. NOWL.A. schools chief Ramon C. Cortines talked about revamping teacher evaluations as a tool for helping teachers improve as part of his final, annual address to administrators Wednesday morning at Hollywood High School. Overall, the 30-minute speech... -
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...
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