Sentences with phrase «based teacher merit»

With this in mind, we see the results of our study as representing the effect of group - based teacher merit pay for schools that are already under accountability pressure.

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«There's a simple test that we're going to apply to anything that he does... any proposal, and it is this: does it repeal the Last In, First Out law that would allow the city to layoff teachers based on merit this year?»

So would the local teachers» unions, which have historically rejected merit - based pay differentials for their members.

Bloomberg warned of more harsh cuts, but said he was «optimistic» about a deal on merit - based teacher layoffs.

The Massey plan would also expand the number of competitive, specialized high schools from nine to 13, increase the number of vocational / trade schools, and implement merit pay for teachers, which the Bloomberg administration tried on a limited basis.

That ad, which served as the basis for Wednesday's rally, accused de Blasio of blocking access to charter schools for minority students, and FES was left defending its merits after some critics — many aligned with local teachers» unions — accused it of «race - baiting.»

Bloomberg has repeatedly argued that failing to repeal the law and establish a system based on merit immediately would be devastating to schools as the city moves forward with a plan to lay off 4,666 teachers, which is set to begin as early as this spring.

And it is this: Does it repeal «Last in, first out,» that law, and allow the city to lay off teachers based on merit this year?»

Cuomo is projecting a 3.8 percent increase for school aid, which amounts to about $ 807 million, including formula - based aid to districts and targeted funding streams for pre-kindergarten, after - school programs and merit incentives for teachers.

The new timeline is a win for Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has spent recent months vigorously lobbying to replace the state's «Last in, first out» seniority - based teacher firing policy with one based on merit ahead of a massive layoff plan.

But that drop in those who have no definite opinion does not change the level of support for merit - based teacher policy.

Dismissing Colorado's assessment and teacher evaluation framework as insufficient, her team created their own assessments and a «Continuous Improvement of Teacher Effectiveness» evaluation system, which would be the basis for merit pay for teteacher evaluation framework as insufficient, her team created their own assessments and a «Continuous Improvement of Teacher Effectiveness» evaluation system, which would be the basis for merit pay for teTeacher Effectiveness» evaluation system, which would be the basis for merit pay for teachers.

That city's merit - pay plan proposed in 2002 was overwhelmingly voted down by teachers (1892 to 73), even though it did not base bonuses on student test scores.

The U. S. Department of Education asked states to include proposals for implementing teacher merit pay — pay based on classroom performance — in their 2010 applications for Race to the Top (RttT) monies, and many applicants promised action on this front.

The National Education Association (NEA)-- the country's largest teachers union — remains opposed to merit - based salary schedules, said Kathleen Lyons, a spokeswoman for the www.nea.org National Education Association.

The first decade of the 21st century has also had a dominant strategy: incentive - based reforms, such as increasing competition among charter and district schools, merit - pay plans to improve teacher quality, and school - level accountability based on testing.

Merit Pay: When asked for an opinion straight out, a slight plurality of Americans sampled — 43 percent — supported the idea of «basing a teacher's salary, in part, on his or her students» academic progress on state tests.»

They are less able to distinguish among teachers in the middle of this distribution (the middle 60 — 80 percent), suggesting that merit - pay programs that reward or sanction teachers should be based on evaluations by principals and should be focused on the highest - and lowest - performing teachers.

Now entire state systems are moving toward merit pay, with new policies established recently in Florida and Texas requiring districts to set teachers» salaries based in part on the gains their students are making on the state's accountability exam.

To the extent that the most important staffing decisions involve sanctioning incompetent teachers and rewarding the very best teachers, a principal - based assessment system may affect achievement as positively as a merit - pay system based solely on student test results.

But test - based outcomes, merit pay for teachers, rewards and sanctions, and voucher and charter alternatives have been part of the reform agenda of most states for years.

But the notion of paying teachers on the basis of their ability to improve test scores, often termed «merit pay,» while earnestly debated by education policy researchers, is strongly opposed by teachers unions and is a political nonstarter in many parts of the country.

To assess public support for this policy, commonly known as merit pay, the survey asked respondents in 2009 whether they favored «basing a teacher's salary, in part, on students» academic progress on state tests.»

Money and common sense are key, notes Todd Finley (@finleyt) quoting Stanford Professor Linda Darling - Hammond: «Nearly all of the vacancies currently filled with emergency teachers could be filled with talented, well - prepared teachers if 40,000 service scholarships of up to $ 25,000 each were offered annually» to offset teacher education costs based on merit.

The NEA analysis of the proposed legislation claimed it favored «1) establishing a teacher evaluation system using gains in student test scores; 2) allowing «community stakeholders» to have a role in designing teacher evaluation systems; and 3) providing merit pay for teachers based upon gains in student test scores.»

Kaukauna used its $ 1.5 million surplus from 2011 — 12 to create a $ 300,000 merit - based bonus system for its 235 full - time teachers.

There, one finds «Democrats for Education Reform» on one side calling for more charter schools, merit pay, and results - based accountability for educators, and encounters teachers» unions on the other side, defending the status quo.

Other districts are also using it as part of evaluations or the basis for merit pay programs, moves that have generated fierce resistance from some teachers unions and skepticism from some experts.

The merit pay movement depends on value - added testing to make its case that teacher salaries need to be based on performance, not experience.

Some Brazilian states and municipalities, including Rio de Janeiro, have introduced teacher merit - pay schemes based on school IDEB scores.

Cincinnati's merit pay plan, proposed in 2002, was overwhelmingly voted down by teachers (1892 to 73), even though the program did not base bonuses on student test scores, but rather on a multifaceted evaluation system that included classroom observations by professional peers and administrators and portfolios of lesson plans and student work.

For example, if you want teacher pay to be based on merit, you have to have a fair, transparent system in place to measure the student performance on which the pay will be based.

Even so, the teachers in the most effective schools were very aware of the need to make sure that the groups were flexible, that students moved to another group when their performance (as measured by their internal school - based monitoring system) merited movement.

North Carolina's teacher merit bonuses are booming, with about 8,800 expecting raises in this week's paycheck based on their students» 2017 achievements.

Mr. Broad cites Ms. Weingarten's acceptance of a merit pay program for teachers in New York, albeit one based on school — rather than individual — performance.

In addition to criticism from school - based teachers, a merit pay compensation system can be very hard to implement in schools.

The union is balking because it says teachers should be paid based on experience, not merit.

This article discusses merit pay for teachers in the U.S., pay based on student performance, and the role of the attitudes of an independent school's board of trustees in determining school policy.

Merit pay or performance - based compensation for teachers has long since been a topic of discussion in the education field.

Rhee, a veteran of the reform - minded Teach for America organization, became both demonized and lionized as she fired hundreds of teachers and convinced the local teachers» union to agree to merit pay based on student test scores.

Deeply seasoned in animosity toward the education reform movement, Los Angeles Unified held its traditional ground as charter schools were built around its schools, demands for merit pay for teachers were answered by corporate philanthropists and metrics - based teacher evaluation processes were published in the Los Angeles Times.

Ms. Anderson, 43, used some of that money to establish merit - based pay in a teachers» contract that was hailed even by national unions as a groundbreaking compromise.

-LSB-...] says the foundation's conclusions were based on the politics of convincing teachers and school districts of the merits of evaluations, and not data.

The teachers union continues to protect incompetent teachers and refuses to reward outstanding teachers with merit - based pay.

Teachers at six of Lucia Mar's 17 campuses can earn up to $ 3,000 annually in merit pay, based on a 19 - point evaluation that includes value - added scores at the classroom and school levels.

A master's degree merits teachers a salary bump four times greater on average than a «highly effective» rating, according to the report published on Wednesday by the National Council on Teacher Quality, a Washington - based research and advocacy group.

Performance based pay for teachers, or merit pay, is a trending educational topic.

The ad focuses on the fact that instead of rewarding excellent teachers with higher pay, Randi Weingarten and the AFT protect incompetence in the classroom by opposing merit - based pay at every turn.

The public employees» union opposes teacher evaluations, merit - based pay raises, and smaller increases in pay due to budget woes.

She has eluded to perhaps the best suggestion to date to fix our schools, a comprehensive and challenging curriculum in every discipline at every grade, but somehow this message has been lost in all the hoopla over merit pay, charter schools, evaluating teachers based on their students» test scores, collective bargaining rights, etc..