Kimberly S. Mclean
A 4th grade teacher at Serrania Avenue Elementary in 2007
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. Mclean falls within the “average” category of district teachers in math and within the “average” category in English. These ratings were calculated based on test scores from 79 students.
Because this is a statistical measure, each score has a degree of uncertainty. The shading represents the range of values within which Mclean’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.
Mclean's LAUSD teaching history
Years used for value-added rating. See FAQ for details.
- Serrania Avenue Elementary, 2007 - 2004
Kimberly Mclean's Response:
I again am dishearted by this publication and its misrepresentation of my work as a teacher. First of all, I taught more than 79 children in the years between 2003-2006. During that time, I was responsible for teaching approximately 200 fourth grade students language arts. Our school made the decision to departmentalize because the teachers felt we could better serve students if we specialized instruction based on our teaching strengths. This data is obviously inaccurate because I didn't teach math during this time and my language arts scores are averaged in with the scores of the two colleagues who I teamed with during those years. Furthermore, I was rated "more effective" in language arts last time my rating was published and "average" in math. I see that things have mysteriously shifted and now my language arts rating is "avearge" and lower than my "average" math rating. Please explain! I asked for my information to be taken down during last summer's publication because it is inaccurate, and my request was refused. I was told to comment which to me is not a satisfactory response.I wonder how any of you reporters would feel if you were inaccurately rated publicly based on your work. I again request for my name to be removed from your data base. I have been a literacy coach and reading intervention teacher since the 2007-2008 school year and have not had my own class during this time since Iwork with small groups of students throughout the day. Although this is upsetting, I take great pride in the work I do as a reading specialist and will continue to teach as many kids as I can to read and write proficiently before they leave elementary school.
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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