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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: School Examinations, Standardized Testing, Censorship, Academic Progress, Career and Workplace
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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: School Examinations, Academic Progress, Career and Workplace, Heads of State, Bill Gates
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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: Justice System, Teaching and Learning, Judges, School Examinations, Los Angeles Unified School District
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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: Teaching and Learning, Newspapers, Teachers, School Examinations, Los Angeles Unified School District
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Times updates and expands value-added ratings for Los Angeles elementary school teachers
The Los Angeles Times on Sunday is releasing a major update to its elementary school teacher ratings, underscoring the large disparities throughout the nation's second-largest school district in instructors' abilities to raise student test scores.
The...Tags: Teachers, Computing and Information Technology Industry, School Examinations, Entertainment, Los Angeles Unified School District
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California joining efforts to overhaul student testing
L.A. NOWCalifornia is joining a new effort to replace year-end English and math tests with new national exams that will more accurately assess students, federal education officials announced Thursday. The national tests, funded by $330 million in federal grants,... -
L.A. teachers union protests Times articles
L.A. NOWHundreds 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 compare the performances of thousands of... -
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...... -
More comments from 'Grading the Teachers' chat
Readers' Representative JournalIn an online chat last week, Times staff writers Jason Felch and Jason Song answered questions and addressed comments from readers about their Grading the Teachers series. The chat drew more than 450 participants who submitted more than 300 comments......... -
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: School Examinations, Employment, Academic Progress, Career and Workplace, Heads of State
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New York City schools to release 'value-added' teacher scores following Times analysis of L.A. Unified data
L.A. NOWThe New York City school system announced Wednesday that its plans to release "value-added" scores for more than 12,000 teachers, a significant development in the national debate over teacher evaluations that the city's teachers union has vowed to fight....
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