Grading Teachers
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Examining Value Added
The Los Angeles Times has produced a groundbreaking analysis of how effective Los Angeles Unified School District teachers have been at improving their students' performance on standardized tests. This analysis is being used to create a database of more than 6,000 elementary school teachers that will be published later this month. The Times has decided to make the ratings available because they bear on the performance of public employees who provide an important service, and in the belief that parents and the public have a right to the information.
» Read part one of the series.
» More about the project and database.
» Learn how the analysis was done.
If you have taught third through fifth grades in the Los Angeles Unified School District, you may be in our database, and we invite you to comment on your value-added score.
To get started, please type your first and last names in the box below. Note that if you have not taught more than 60 students total from academic years 2002-03 to 2008-09, you will not appear in the database.
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