Deasy's 30 Percent Teacher Evaluation Victory: UTLA's Capitulation and its Consequences By John Fernandez
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Coward: A man in whom the instinct of self-preservation acts normally.--Sultana Zoraya
On January 19, 2013, teachers in the LAUSD approved a comprehensive evaluation system that will include student school wide test data and a host of other measurements, such as attendance rates, suspension rates, English Language Learner (ELL) progress and reclassification rates, and Graduation/Drop-out rates to determine their effectiveness in the classroom. The total vote was 16,892, of which 11,185 (66 percent) voted "yes", while 5,707 (34 percent) voted "no". Only about 50 percent of teachers eligible to vote did so. On February 12, 2013, the Los Angeles Board of Education ratified the 7-page LAUSD-UTLA Evaluation Procedures Supplement (Tentative Agreement). It will go into effect for the 2013/14 school year.
Teachers voted to approve the 7-page LAUSD-UTLA Evaluation Procedures Supplement (Tentative Agreement) in light of the fact that: (1) the TA was incomplete