Albert Barragan
A 5th grade teacher at Normandie Avenue Elementary in 2010
These graphs show a teacher's "value-added" rating based on his or her students' progress on the California Standards Tests in math and English. The Times’ analysis used all valid student scores available for this teacher from the 2003-04 through 2009-10 academic years. The value-added scores reflect a teacher's effectiveness at raising standardized test scores and, as such, capture only one aspect of a teacher's work.
Math effectiveness
English effectiveness
About this rating
The red lines show The Times’ value-added estimates for this teacher. Barragan falls within the “most effective” category of district teachers in math and within the “most effective” category in English. These ratings were calculated based on test scores from 108 students.
Because this is a statistical measure, each score has a degree of uncertainty. The shading represents the range of values within which Barragan’s actual effectiveness score is most likely to fall. The score is most likely to be in the center of the shaded area, near the red line, and less likely in the lightly shaded area. Teachers with ratings based on a small number of student test scores will a have wider shaded range.
The beige area shows how the district's 11,500 elementary school teachers are distributed across the categories.
Barragan's LAUSD teaching history
Years used for value-added rating. See FAQ for details.
- Normandie Avenue Elementary, 2010 - 2007
- Ritter Elementary, 2006
Albert Barragan's Response:
This "value-added" rating doesn't reflect that in 2010 I had two students form another country. One came from Guatemala and the other from Honduras. Both didn't speak any English when they came to my class. It also doesn't reflect that two other students spent a year in Mexico and missed school before coming to my class. These students transfered to my class in January. I also had a little girl from El Salvador that came to my class a couple of months before the CST. Lastly, in 2010 and in 2011, I was teaching a Spanish 50-50 Dual Language Program. This does reduce the time that I can teach English Language Arts.
The Times gave LAUSD elementary school teachers rated in this database the opportunity to preview their value-added evaluations and publicly respond. Some issues raised by teachers may be addressed in the FAQ. Teachers who have not commented may do so by contacting The Times.
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