Sonia Patricia Vides

A 2nd / 3rd split teacher at Fernangeles Elementary in 2006

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, Vides 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.
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.

Vides' LAUSD teaching history

2002-03 through 2008-09 academic years

Fernangeles Elementary, 2006 - 2003

Sonia Vides's Response:

One comment is that the LAUSD history may not represent the period for which the value-added rating is generated. For example, I did not teach 3rd through 5th grade while at Fletcher Drive Elementary. I was a math instructional coach at that time and did not carry a classroom roster. My rating reflects solely my experience at Fernangeles Elementary.

My recommendation is that the school that is listed immediately below a teacher's name should always represent the experience being rated. If that is not possible, a disclaimer should be added to account for such differences.

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.