California Educator

What is a test s Central Unified Teachers Association member Joe Lucido guides Dakota Fauntleroy through a problem at Liddell School in Fresno. 8 California Educator | november 2009

• Cover
• What is test score?
• Same teacher, different class means different results
• Should teacher evaluations be based on test scores?
• The facts about Senate Bill 19
• What do standardized tests really show?
• Are tests structured for failure?
• NAEP results do not tell the whole story
• Financial literacy growing in value
• Data show QEIA schools making academic gains
• Gay,Lesbian,Bisexual,Transgender Issue Conference: what members had to say
• Vallejo educators donate $12K in supplies to students
• Sweetwater gets contract,community support
• Sanchez discusses challenges ahead for public ed
• CTA moves carefully with Race to the Top
• SB 19 signed into law by governor
• AB 1130 tracks achievement of students over time
• Governor signs new version of QEIA revenue limits protection bill
• Initiatives filed attacking educator retiree benefits
• CTA-sponsored and co-sponsored legislation for 2009-10