Los Angeles teacher appraisals won’t be based on ‘value added,’ increasingly being used across the country. Now a key question is how test scores will figure in.
Los Angeles teachers’ evaluation victory bucks a trend
Measuring the worth of a teacher?
How to measure the worth of Los Angeles math teacher Kyle Hunsberger? The teacher at Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle School works 60-hour weeks, constantly searches for new teaching ideas and makes every minute count in class.
Slim chance for teachers strike in L.A., officials say
After a five-day teachers strike in Chicago, L.A. Unified and union officials underscore differences between the districts, though the role of student test scores in evaluations is an issue in both.
Mirror, Mirror
I’ll be honest. I hate looking in the mirror. This daily routine usually first occurs in the pre-dawn hours and the typical results – groggy eyes and tousled hair (at least, what’s left of it) – leave me convinced that mirrors must have been invented by a sadist. Yet, while that first image is often painful (“What was I doing last night?”), the knowledge gained is invaluable.
Getting Teacher Evaluations Right
In Los Angeles, where I teach seventh-grade math, our current teacher evaluation system is undeniably broken. Initially designed to be a robust observation protocol and rubric, our system has degenerated into a 10-minute checklist…
How to grade a teacher
We’re teachers who believe that teacher evaluation, including the use of reliable test data, can be good for students and for teachers. Yes, yes, we know we’re not supposed to exist. But we do, and there are a lot more of us.
The War Over Teacher Evaluations Misses the Point
In recent months, both school districts and teachers unions have agreed that our current system of teacher evaluation is broken — but just how to fix it has been the topic of bitter debate.
Improving Teacher Evaluation in California
California’s current teacher evaluation system is
broken. Fortunately, new, more useful teacher
evaluation processes are being developed and
implemented in forward-thinking districts and
charter schools across the state.
Shaking up the status quo in L.A. schools
Six million, give or take. That’s how many children are in public school in California.
Union leaders and teachers defend L.A. middle school’s record
A national teachers union leader joined faculty at a Los Angeles middle school Friday to criticize a major school-improvement initiative within the L.A. Unified School District.
