Includes updates and/or revisions. The statistician who pioneered the use of “value added” research techniques for documenting students’ year-to-year academic progress is disputing a critique of his ...

In a dramatic turn for the country’s second-largest school district, Los Angeles Unified released school ratings based on a new approach that measures a school’s success at raising student performance ...

Includes updates and/or revisions. As value-added research designs gain in popularity and undergo increasing scrutiny, experts are beginning to wave cautionary flags about how best to make use of them ...

For The RecordLos Angeles Times Tuesday, October 20, 2009 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 4 National Desk 1 inches; 37 words Type of Material: CorrectionTeacher evaluations: An article in some ...

For years Pacoima Middle School has struggled with dismal test scores that have chronically earned it a spot on a federal watch list of campuses in need of major academic improvements. A majority of ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- The controversial new method of evaluating teachers and schools - called "value-added" - does not appear to affect property values, finds research by economists at Michigan ...

Most people assume teachers are held accountable for student learning — seems obvious considering why we have teachers in the first place. In fact, until last year, five states had laws explicitly ...

Students, parents and staff at Jackson Middle School embrace Daniel Santos as a great teacher. Just this week, he was awarded for “Making Dreams Come True” by the school’s Title I coordinator and its ...

Andrew Dewey is an award-winning history teacher at Carnegie Vanguard High School in Houston. In 2011-12, he earned the top merit pay award that his school district gives out and had “most effective” ...