Carol K. Walker

A 3rd grade teacher at Brentwood Science 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.

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About this rating

The red lines show The Times’ value-added estimates for this teacher. Walker falls within the “less effective than average” category of district teachers in math and within the “least effective” category in English. These ratings were calculated based on test scores from 102 students.

Because this is a statistical measure, each score has a degree of uncertainty. The shading represents the range of values within which Walker’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.

Walker's LAUSD teaching history

Years used for value-added rating. See FAQ for details.

Carol Walker's Response:

I find it rather interesting that my ratings went down, however, i am not surprised. We have a larger student per teacher ratio, more special education student inclusion, more requirements, less support, less pay, less time due to furloughs, more students currently needing medication(and at times coming to school without it) to control ADD and ADHD, more parents who lack the basic educational skills to assist their child should they fall behind in ANY subject, did I say less support? And let's not forget the child who bubbles in anything because they are too disinterested to take their time and actually read the material. Am I upset, sure, because i work very hard, but i am not surprised. I have 4 children of my own, (2 out of college and 2 graduating next Spring)so i know what is required of a parent with school age children. Here are some pointers if you want to support your child and their teacher. Check your child's backpack(finding molding fruit from weeks past is not a good thing) at least once a week...stay informed. Check their homework for completion and correctness...is you are unfamilair with the subject, find someone to help them who is. Be prepared, have supplies on hand and send them to bed early so they can wake up ready to learn. And above all, teach them manners and self control so i don't have to correct them all day long. I need that time to TEACH!

 

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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