LAUSD principals agree to use student test scores in their evaluations - LA Daily News:
by By Barbara Jones, Staff Writer
A one-year deal that uses student test data to evaluate principals was approved Tuesday by the school board, although a similar pact for teachers remains out of reach.
The Associated Administrators of Los Angeles OK'd the deal last month as the district tries to comply with a judge's order to have a new data-based performance evaluation system for its educators in place by Dec. 4.
AALA President Judith Perez said, however, that the evaluation system envisioned by Superintendent John
by By Barbara Jones, Staff Writer
The Los Angeles Unified board voted unanimously Tuesday to make arts education a core part of the curriculum following impassioned pleas from students and Hollywood entertainers.
