* Under current teacher evaluation systems, it is hard for a teacher who doesn't have top students to get a top rating. (jonathanpelto.com)
The administration has also allocated federal School Improvement Grant (SIG) money for «persistently low - performing» schools adopting the Transformation model, which requires an overhaul of current teacher evaluation practices. (humrro.org)
Opponents, like national teachers» unions the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), say that current teacher evaluation methods are not consistent enough to ensure that biases will not be at play in merit pay. (usc.news21.com)