STUDENT TEST SCORES AND EVALUATION
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Week of August 15, 2011 – Superintendent John Deasy is moving rapidly to change the evaluation system of LAUSD teachers and administrators through the use of the Educator Growth and Development Program. His plans grew out of the recommendations of the Teacher Effectiveness Taskforce and the subsequent Board of Education Resolution for Action (September 2, 2010). Based, in part, upon the assumption that improved evaluation will result in improved student achievement, the Superintendent and his team developed a three-year plan for implementation. As mentioned in last week’s Update (week of August 8, 2011), Phase I, Research & Development, took place in 2010-2011. Phase II, Initial Implementation (aka the pilot), will take place this year, 2011-2012. Phase III, Scale (I.e., full implementation Districtwide), is scheduled for 2012-2013.
The new evaluation systems are designed to use multiple measures,