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Deasy orders test scores to count for 30% of teachers' evaluations
L.A. NOWL.A. schools Supt. John Deasy announced Friday that 30% of a teacher’s evaluation will be based on student standardized test scores, setting off another round of contention in the nation’s second-largest school system just weeks before a... -
Teacher evaluation bill might not pass muster with feds, official says
L.A. NOWA teacher evaluations bill under consideration by the state Legislature won't necessarily bring extra federal dollars to California, the top U.S. education official said. The bill has been debated in the Assembly and is expected to go to the state... -
More California students pass mandatory high school exit exam
L.A. NOWCalifornia students in the class of 2012 improved their pass rate on the state high school exit exam for the sixth year in a row, with 95% demonstrating the required skills in reading, writing and math, state Supt. of Public...... -
Lawmaker withdraws teacher evaluation bill
PolitiCalA state lawmaker on Thursday shelved a controversial bill to overhaul teacher evaluations in California, saying he had run out of time in the final week of the legislative session to give the proposal a full airing. Assemblyman Felipe Fuentes...... -
California students continue gains on test scores
L.A. NOWCalifornia students continued making strides on standardized English and math tests based on results released Friday, but fewer than half of the students in Los Angeles are performing at grade level. In all, 57% of California students scored as “... -
Why teachers have test anxiety, too
Change of SubjectThe statement of the obvious: Bad teachers are afraid of being evaluated based on how well their students perform on standardized tests. When they fail their students, their students fail them. The question: But why are so many presumptively good...... -
L.A. Unified administrators confident about new evaluation system
L.A. NOWLos Angeles Unified administrators are optimistic they can reach agreement with district officials over a new performance review system in compliance with court-ordered deadlines, according to legal papers filed Wednesday.... -
Report calls for more teacher training, limiting use of test scores
L.A. NOWThe state needs to focus on recruiting, educating and retaining teachers if it wants to improve student academic performance, a state task force has concluded. Recent budget cuts, however, have pushed the state in the opposite direction, according to the.... -
Schools caught cheating on standardized tests [Google+ hangout]
L.A. NOWTimes education reporter Howard Blume will join city editor Shelby Grad at 1:30 p.m. for a Google+ hangout about schools the state stripped of their Academic Performance Index ratings for cheating on standardized tests. Some teachers may have thought... -
Student test scores can identify effective teachers, new study says
L.A. NOWStudent standardized test scores can accurately identify effective teachers, along with other performance measures such as classroom observations and pupil surveys, according to a major national study released Tuesday. The study of 3,000 teachers in seven... -
L.A. Unified, teachers union agree on teachers evaluations
L.A. NOWAfter months of tense negotiations, the Los Angeles Unified School District and its teachers union have tentatively agreed to use student test scores to evaluate instructors for the first time ever, officials announced Friday.... -
Merced teachers union backs controversial federal grant proposal
L.A. NOWA Merced teachers union has voted to back a controversial federal grant program, but only after extracting district guarantees that student test scores would not be used to evaluate individual instructors. Sheila Whitley, president of the Merced Union...
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