Viviana San Mig Cardenas

A 4th grade teacher at Hubbard Street Elementary in 2007

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, Cardenas 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.
Average in English. Students of teachers in this category, on average, did not gain or lose significantly on the California Standards Test compared with other students at their grade level.

Cardenas' LAUSD teaching history

2002-03 through 2008-09 academic years

Hubbard Street Elementary, 2007 - 2003

Viviana Cardenas's Response:

I am proud to be teaching. I always make every effort to reach all my students and their individual needs. (Student with learning disabilities, students with special needs, or students new to this country). I take great pleasure seeing their academic growth each year despite the challenges we all face. I am proud teaching in the community I grew-up in. I have been a mentor to many new teachers and welcome anyone to visit my class and see your tax dollars at work.

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.