Jose David Gonzalez

A 4th grade teacher at William R. Anton 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, Gonzalez ranked:

Less effective than 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.
Less effective than average in English. Students of teachers in this category, on average, lost about 3 percentile points on the California Standards Test compared with other students at their grade level.

Gonzalez's LAUSD teaching history

2002-03 through 2008-09 academic years

William R. Anton Elementary, 2009 - 2003

Jose Gonzalez's Response:

It is unfortunate that there is not a formula that measures the human factor- meaning the warmth, affection, and care that I have for each and everyone of my students, as well as for their parents. Or a formula that measures how much confidence I instilled in each one of them, or a formula that measures how much I inspired someone to not take a wrong turn in life, or a formula that measures the amount of time and energy I spend making each student feel safe, or a formula that measures how much my students appreciate my hard worPr

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.