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    Aug 17, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. U.S. schools chief endorses release of teacher data

    U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said Monday that parents have a right to know if their children's teachers are effective, endorsing the public release of information about how well individual teachers fare at raising their students' test scores.
    U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said Monday that parents have a right to know if their children's teachers are effective, endorsing the public release of information about how well individual teachers fare at raising their students' test scores....

    Tags: Academic Progress, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Elections, Examinations

    2. Aug 21, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Teachers union agrees to reopen talks on evaluations

    The head of the Los Angeles teachers union said Saturday that he has accepted city school district officials' proposal to reopen negotiations over teacher evaluations but stopped short of saying whether a method tying teacher reviews to their students'...

    Tags: Teaching and Learning, Academic Progress, Elections, Examinations, Los Angeles Times

    3. Aug 29, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. How to fix a system that one teacher calls 'a joke'

    Steve Franklin, a middle school teacher in L.A. Unified, had some issues with The Times series on teacher evaluations, so he fired off a letter to the editor. It read, in part: "When somebody can prove that high test scores produce good citizens,...

    Tags: Academic Progress, Teaching and Learning, Examinations, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Sun Valley

    4. Sep 1, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. 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 consistently raised or lowered their students' scores on standardized tests. Teachers were allowed to review their scores in advance and post comments if they wished. We have excerpted some teachers' responses below. Their full comments and those of other teachers can be found on our searchable database at projects.latimes.com/value-added
    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: Teaching and Learning, Academic Progress, Teachers, Examinations, Language

    5. Oct 21, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. 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: Teaching and Learning, Examinations, New York City, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times

    6. Oct 20, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  6. New York City schools to release 'value-added' teacher scores following Times analysis of L.A. Unified data

    L.A. NOW
    The 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....
    7. Sep 1, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. School board ends evaluation silence

    Los 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 information about their children's teachers.
    Los Angeles Times
    Los 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: Academic Progress, Teaching and Learning, Examinations, Elections, Los Angeles

    8. Aug 23, 2010 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  8. 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: Gray Davis, Teaching and Learning, Academic Progress, Examinations, Jack O'Connell

    9. Mar 31, 2011 | Chicago Tribune

  9. Candidates for 4-year term tout experience, cite challenges for Valley View

    TribLocal - Plainfield » News
    Eight candidates are running for three, four-year terms on the Valley View School District 365U. The district serves Bolingbrook, Romeoville and parts of Plainfield, Lockport, …...
    10. Apr 19, 2011 | Chicago Tribune

  10. Webliography: J.C. Brizard

    Change of Subject
    UPDATED FRIDAY An archive of stories/analysis about Jean-Claude Brizard, Chicago mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel's choice to run the Chicago Public Schools. To those who are concerned that this set of links is too skewed toward negative and hostile coverage of...
    11. Aug 28, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. No se premia el éxito de los maestros angelinos

    Es un miércoles por la mañana y Zenaida Tan allana el camino para que sus estudiantes vayan cayendo en forma con un pequeño ejercicio en la "Matemática Monstruosa".
    Es un miércoles por la mañana y Zenaida Tan allana el camino para que sus estudiantes vayan cayendo en forma con un pequeño ejercicio en la "Matemática Monstruosa". Así llama Tan a los problemas de matemática que incluyen cifras monstruosamente grandes....

    Tags: Teachers, Academic Progress, Teaching and Learning, Examinations, Los Angeles Times

    12. Apr 12, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. L.A. Unified releases school ratings using 'value-added' method

    In a dramatic turn for the country's second-largest school district, Los Angeles Unified released school ratings based on a new approach that measures a school's success at raising student performance — the first in a series of high-stakes moves that will thrust the district into the center of the national debate over education reform.
    In a dramatic turn for the country's second-largest school district, Los Angeles Unified released school ratings based on a new approach that measures a school's success at raising student performance — the first in a series of high-stakes moves...

    Tags: Teaching and Learning, Academic Progress, Examinations, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Los Angeles

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