Los Angeles Teacher Ratings
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Geoff E. Jamora
A 5th grade teacher at Madison Elementary in 2010
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 2003-04 through 2009-10 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.
Math effectiveness
Least effective
English effectiveness
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The red lines show The Times' value-added estimates for this teacher. Jamora falls within the "more effective than average" category of district teachers in math and within the "more effective than average" category in English. These ratings were calculated based on test scores from 161 students.
Because this is a statistical measure, each score has a degree of uncertainty. The shading represents the range of values within which Jamora's actual effectiveness score is most likely to fall. The score is most likely to be in the center of the shaded area, near the red line, and less likely in the lightly shaded area. Teachers with ratings based on a small number of student test scores will a have wider shaded range.
The beige area shows how the district's 11,500 elementary school teachers are distributed across the categories.
Jamora's LAUSD teaching history
Years used for value-added rating. See FAQ for details.
Madison Elementary, 2010 - 2006
Victoria Avenue Elementary, 2005 - 2004
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.
Source: The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Unified School District, Richard Buddin
Credits: Jason Felch, Stephanie Ferrell, Megan Garvey, Thomas Suh Lauder, David Lauter, Julie Marquis, Anthony Pesce, Sandra Poindexter, Ken Schwencke, Beth Shuster, Jason Song, Doug Smith
Los Angeles Teacher Ratings, the Los Angeles Times' database of value-added scores for Los Angeles Unified elementary schools and teachers.
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Teacher responses
Joseph J. Matthews
"Both of these charts seem to display normal distribution, yet in both cases you put the average ranking left of center. Why is this? What...
Ada B. Okoro
"First of all, I was a Math Coach from 2001 to 2005. I came back to the classroom July 1,2005. In order to smear my reputation or get as...
Karina J. Trinidad
"Unfortunately, test scores are the only thing that the public has at hand. I personally feel that so many important factors cannot be...
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