Julieanne Rayne Harmatz

A 5th grade teacher at Park Western Place 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, Harmatz ranked:

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.
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.

Harmatz's LAUSD teaching history

2002-03 through 2008-09 academic years

Park Western Place Elementary, 2009 - 2005

Julieanne Harmatz's Response:

This score is a number it is not me as a teacher or my students as learners. We are much more that this. I am very sorry my employer has not instituted better ways of assessing their teachers and the LA Times had to do it in this impersonal and one-sided fashion. Visit my classroom any time and then assess my effectiveness as a teacher and my students as learners. This is tremendously painful for those who care the most.

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.