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Los Angeles teachers union seeks to block test of evaluation program
- 05-23-2011
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By Jason Song/Los Angeles Times
Even before he officially took over the top job at the Los Angeles school district in April, John Deasy said one of his top priorities was overhauling teacher evaluations. It appeared the new superintendent was in an ideal position. The school board had voted to reopen teachers' contract negotiations and to use student test scores as part of evaluations, something a growing number of districts around the country had been doing. The mayor was also calling for new educator accountability measures, and national teachers union leaders had begun accepting test data as one measure of educator performance. But negotiations on teacher evaluations are now at a virtual standstill; the L.A. union sought a court order Friday to, among other things, try to block a voluntary pilot program to evaluate teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District. (more...)
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