Sharon Ann Hall Johnson

A 5th grade teacher at West Vernon Avenue Elementary in 2008

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.

Overall value-added effectiveness

Math effectiveness

English effectiveness

This chart shows where teachers in this effectiveness category fall on a distribution of all teachers’ scores.

Compared with other Los Angeles Unified teachers on the value-added measure of test score improvement, Hall Johnson ranked:

Average overall.
Less effective than average in math. Students of teachers in this category, on average, lost about 4 percentile points on the California Standards Test compared with other students at their grade level.
More effective than average in English. Students of teachers in this category, on average, gained about 2 percentile points on the California Standards Test compared with other students at their grade level.

Hall Johnson's LAUSD teaching history

2002-03 through 2008-09 academic years

West Vernon Avenue Elementary, 2008 - 2004

Sharon Hall Johnson's Response:

The rating does not take into account that I joined LAUSD mid-year in 2003. I took over a class that had been taught for 6 months by at least 6 different substitutes. Nor does it factor in that I came out of the classroom in January of 08 to replace a coordinator that left our school mid-year. LAUSD on record showed that I was the registered classroom teacher, even though I was no longer in the classroom teaching for the final half of 2008. These factors will not show in your research but they should be acknowledged as a factor in your research findings.

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.