Value-added: 'GRADING THE TEACHERS' WINS SCRIPPS HOWARD PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD + smf's 2¢ from LA Times Readers' Representative Journal | http://lat.ms/foEs5Z "A conversation on newsroom ethics and standards" March 18, 2011 | 12:42 pm - Editor Russ Stanton announced the following honors from the Scripps Howard National Journalism Awards: ...
'Value-added' teacher evaluations: L.A. UNIFIED TACKLES A TOUGH FORMULA By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/gt0KPl Los Angeles school district leaders are poised to plunge ahead with their own confidential 'value-added' ratings this spring, saying the approach is far more objective and accurate than any ...
Value-added: HAWAIIAN GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL ENACTS AMBITIOUS CHANGE. Teachers and administrators are enthusiastic about new evaluation systems at Fedde International Studies Academy in Hawaiian Gardens, but student test scores have yet to improve. By Jason Song, Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/fNk4VM John Laird teaches science at Fedde Academy in Hawaiian Gardens. Teachers and administrators have changed the way they are evaluated, and Laird has voluntarily shared his evaluations with his ...