Sujata Duggal Landon

A 2nd / 3rd split teacher at Brockton Avenue 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, Duggal Landon ranked:

Most effective 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.
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.

Duggal Landon's LAUSD teaching history

2002-03 through 2008-09 academic years

Brockton Avenue Elementary, 2009 - 2003

Sujata Duggal Landon's Response:

Initially I was very skeptical about this data because I teach English language learners at a Title 1 school and I teach third grade. But after reading the FAQ, I see that these scores are not unduly influenced by which teachers have high performing students versus those students who struggle academically. Since it appears the Times has taken all these factors into account, I was gratified to see that I am considered an effective teacher. Additionally, it motivates me to move my "diamonds" further to the right! I've been teaching for 20 years and this is the first time I've gotten an idea of how my students have fared in my classes and how I am doing as a teacher. However controversial the value-added scoring system may be, it appears to be a more meaningful measurement of teacher performance than the standard stulls done by principals.

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.