Update: NEW YORK CITY DELAYS RELEASING CONTROVERSIAL TEACHER RATINGS + NY Times + addl. coverage
BY JASON SONG – LA TIMES/LA NOW BLOG | HTTP://LAT.MS/DVAOHD
October 21, 2010 | 4:18 pm - The New York City school system agreed Thursday to delay releasing teacher effectiveness ratings based on student test scores until after a court hearing in late November.
The nation's largest school district announced plans earlier this week to give several media groups "value-added" scores and other data for nearly 12,000 teachers. The teachers union filed a lawsuit to stop the action Thursday in Manhattan Supreme Court.
The New York City Department of Education has calculated value-added scores for many of its instructors