L.A. Unified board makes first statements about test score analysis of teachers

09-01-2010

By Jason Song/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 information about their children's teachers. "As a parent, I think I have a right to know," said board member Nury Martinez, who added that she did not believe that the general public should be able to see a teacher's entire review. Martinez also acknowledged that the district has lagged in updating its evaluation system. "I also believe this conversation has taken way too long. I think we're talking years and years and years," she said. "We need to get the ball moving here." During a presentation to the board, recently appointed Deputy Supt. John Deasy said the district would move quickly and planned by October to begin issuing confidential scores to employees that would be based on a "value-added" analysis of student scores on standardized tests. He also said the district would include value-added scores for schools on campus report cards that are issued to the public. (more…)

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