Eileen Stassi Morris

A 4th grade teacher at Carson Street 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.

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, Morris 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.

Morris' LAUSD teaching history

2002-03 through 2008-09 academic years

Carson Street Elementary, 2009 - 2003

Eileen Morris's Response:

Remember that standardized test scores are but one small piece of the complicated puzzle of what good teaching accomplishes and how much students have learned. Some of my students may not have scored Proficient or Advanced on the California Standards Test, but I have already analyzed my scores from last year's students, and I am so proud of how hard each and every student and their parents worked to help them gain the skills they will need to be successful in the future. My precious students learned much more than this test can possibly measure. I believe that incorporating the Arts into the curriculum, as we do at Carson Street, plays a great part in increased student achievement.

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.