Examinations

LAUSD fighting for zero-tolerance on teacher cheating

2013-05-11 16:46:00

The job of veteran teacher Ricardo Gonzales was on the line before a state review panel. He's a respected elementary school instructor who tutors students and coaches soccer on his own time. But the L.A. Unified School District wanted to fire him...

State recognizes schools for physical fitness, arts programs

2013-05-04 09:00:00

In an era where test scores dominate discussions about education, a handful of schools received state recognition Friday for their physical fitness programs. Other groups were singled out for arts programs or� career education. Warren High School in...

Letters: Teaching and tests

2013-04-14 00:00:00

Re "Gates' warning on test scores," Editorial, April 11 Bill Gates has figured out what those of us in education have known all along: Standardized tests are pretty good at identifying students' academic strengths and weaknesses, one of them being test-...

Gates' warning on test scores

2013-04-11 00:00:00

A recent op-ed article in the Washington Post warned against overusing students' standardized test scores in evaluating how well teachers are doing their jobs. There would be no surprise about that — if it had been penned by the leader of a teachers...

The basics of better schools

2013-04-07 00:00:00

The bile flowed freely in the first round of L.A.'s school board elections in March, fueled by unprecedented sums of campaign money. To what end? Listening to the ads of the self-styled reformers, you'd have thought that charter schools were the...

Education advocate Michelle Rhee fends off accusations

2013-04-17 20:32:00

Michelle Rhee, head of an influential education advocacy group that backs using student test scores to evaluate teachers, this week fended off accusations that she failed to pursue evidence of cheating when she ran the District of Columbia school system....

Teachers to vote on 'confidence' in L.A. schools Supt. Deasy

2013-04-02 07:00:00

Members of the L.A. teachers union begin casting ballots Tuesday in a symbolic confidence-vote referendum on L.A. schools Supt. John Deasy. The result will have no direct effect on Deasy’s employment but could provide a temperature check on how...

Divided over L.A. Unified

2013-03-12 00:00:00

One nasty election later, there is no sign that the divisiveness in the Los Angeles Unified School District will abate. If anything, it looks likely to increase, with activists in United Teachers Los Angeles announcing that teachers will vote on a...

Deasy orders test scores to count for 30% of teachers' evaluations

2013-02-15 13:52:08

A new way to rate L.A. Unified's teachers

2012-12-05 00:00:00

What kind of process for evaluating teachers can possibly be devised by a determinedly reform-minded administration, a stubborn union and plaintiffs in a hostile lawsuit? As it turns out, a better kind than they've had up to now. A tentative agreement...

Student test scores can identify effective teachers, new study says

2013-01-08 13:03:41

Los Angeles teachers union approves use of testing data in evaluations

2013-01-19 17:22:33

Photo Gallery: Hogsett Elementary School celebrates test scores

2011-09-29 17:00:00

A more intense climate of bullying at school could be associated with lower test scores

2011-08-11 12:12:25

Science teacher Jennifer Burman instructs her class at Edwin Markham Middle School, where test scores have markedly improved.

2010-12-13 00:00:00