Jocelyn Lodroni Abuyen

A 5th grade teacher at One Hundred Seventh 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, Abuyen ranked:

More effective than average overall.
More effective than average in math. Students of teachers in this category, on average, gained 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.

Abuyen's LAUSD teaching history

2002-03 through 2008-09 academic years

One Hundred Seventh Street Elementary, 2009 - 2005

Jocelyn Abuyen's Response:

There are many factors that impact students' academic performance. Teacher quality and effective instruction are just two underlying factors. My school has had 13 different assistant principals within the past 7 years. Student transiency rate is high. I don't believe that publishing teacher's effectiveness in comparison to other teachers in the district is fair and meaningful. By doing this, you are influencing teachers to cheat on the state standardized test. Teachers are most effective when they evaluate data to drive their instruction, collaborate in professional learning communities, and are content with their working conditions. I don't see any value in ranking my teaching effectiveness based solely on my students' test scores.

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.