L.A. Unified administrators confident about new evaluation system

The progress report was required under a court order by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James C. Chalfant, who ruled in June that state law requires evaluations of teachers and principals to include evidence of student academic growth, as measured by standardized test scores and other indicators.
A group of unidentified Los Angeles parents had sued the district, saying the failure to include such student data resulted in a weak evaluation system that deprived children of effective teachers.
L.A. Unified launched a voluntary evaluation program last year that includes student test scores at about 100