Laura Stephanie Rodriguez
A 5th grade teacher at Harvard Elementary in 2009
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 2002-03 through 2008-09 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.
Compared with other Los Angeles Unified teachers on the value-added measure of test score improvement, Rodriguez ranked:
- Most effective overall.
- Most effective in math. Students of teachers in this category, on average, gained about 11 percentile points on the California Standards Test compared with other students at their grade level.
- Most effective in English. Students of teachers in this category, on average, gained about 7 percentile points on the California Standards Test compared with other students at their grade level.
Rodriguez's LAUSD teaching history
2002-03 through 2008-09 academic years
- Harvard Elementary, 2009 - 2008
- Seventy-Fifth Street Elementary, 2005 - 2003
Laura Rodriguez's Response:
Wow! I am so proud to be a teacher. I would have still been proud of my effort even if I hadn't been in the top 20%. However, this does validate my hard work for the last ten years. I am very excited to see how these data findings will impact education in Los Angeles. Education reform is desperately needed, for the sake of all students in our state.
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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