History of IDEA
Jeannie Oakes, Founder and Former Director
Youth Voice in School Finance
NEW REPORT: Los Angeles' road to A-G for all
Without Dollars and Sense Powerpoint
Past Educational Opportunity Reports
The Latest from IDEA
A newsfeed on the most current research, news, and events at IDEA.
An education exchange with Linda Darling-Hammond
A March 24 event at Stanford University brought together researchers, educators, civil rights activists and policy experts to discuss teacher quality
March 16: IDEA to release new Ed Opportunity Report next week
IDEA and UC/ACCORD will release the latest state Educational Opportunity Report on Monday, March 21 during a teleconference with state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson.
March 4: upcoming Council Youth Research presentation
Thirty-one CYR students present findings from yearlong research into the condition of their schools and education.
Feb. 8: New research questions LA Times value-added approach
The analysis the Los Angeles Times relied on to publish a series of stories and database of teacher effectiveness was inadequate, according to a report released today by the National Education Policy Center.
"Due Dilligence and the Evaluation of Teachers" published the findings of University of Colorado, Boulder researchers Derek Briggs and Ben Domingue, who used the same Los Angeles Unified School District data of elementary school teachers and students. In attempting to recreate the analysis that was conducted for the Times, the researchers found much variability.
The original analysis looked at student test scores in English Language Arts and mathematics. How much they improved from the previous year--"value added"--was attributed to the teacher. Positive growth and the teacher was considered "effective"; negative, not so. The Times ranked teachers on a five-point scale from "least effective" to "most effective."
Among NEPC new findings for reading scores:
- More than half of the teachers had a different effectiveness rating.
- 8.1 percent of teachers considered ineffective in the Times' model jumped to effective.
- 12.6 percent originally listed as effective were deemed ineffective in new model.
For the full report from IDEA's sister organization, visit nepc.colorado.edu
Feb. 2: Wikipedia's gender gap
IDEA researcher Jan Margolis speaks to NY Times about gender gaps in computer science
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