History of IDEA
Jeannie Oakes, Founder and Former Director
Youth Voice in School Finance
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Without Dollars and Sense Powerpoint
Past Educational Opportunity Reports
High-ranking teachers ignore pacing standards
- 09-01-2010
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Blog by John Thompson/Scholastic Administrator
Two notable additions to all that's already been said about the LA Times value-added series: (1) Many of the teachers who score the best on the LA Times value added ranking are -- it's revealed in the reader comments sections -- veering off the prescribed curriculum and pacing standards required by the district. Once again, curriculum standards and accountability measures lack alignment (2) Several of the schools that rate highest on value rank much lower on absolute achievement and other measures. Parents give Wilbur Elementary top ratings (a Nine on the Great School's ranking) for its robotics and Hebrew offerings and its 78% science scores, but the LATVAM prefers Esperanza Elementary (Two on that ranking) where Science scores were 16%. (more…)
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