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.
Not exact matches
So would the local
teachers» unions, which have historically rejected
merit -
based pay differentials for their members.
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.
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 te
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 te
Teacher 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 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.»
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.»
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.
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.
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.
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..
Previous studies of
pay - for - performance systems in public schools have found little to no correlation between
merit -
based pay and
teacher performance.
Critics of
merit pay say that it is unsupported by research, and that evaluating an individual
teacher's performance
based on student standardized testing is extremely difficult, given the many factors outside the classroom that can affect student achievement.
But
merit -
based teacher pay should be rejected for the following reasons:
First, the TEA announced a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of TVAAS -
based merit pay for
teachers, a measure supported by the Haslam Administration.
Although the unions were less than enamored with Arne Duncan's and Barack Obama's federal vision of education, they are not averse to lobbying the federal government on
merit pay, collective bargaining, and
teacher evaluation
based on student performance.
Sweeney said today he can support
merit pay, if the
merit is determined
based on a school's success, not an individual
teacher's performance.
Much in the same way that sick banks are established in large group health insurance plans,
teachers might find a way to establish group plans that seek to redistribute
merit -
based pay that recognizes the entirety of the profession rather than the narrow measures of the few.
Indeed, if, as Mr. Rovick comments above, the vast majority of
teachers ARE given «
merit pay,»
based on their excellent work, what's the point of Q - comp at all?
I believe all
teachers would choose support services for their students and classrooms as a job «incentive» rather than
merit -
based pay.
Despite the fact that matrices laid out the desired input a
teacher must achieve in order to earn
merit -
based pay, such understanding of teaching practice is problematic and ignorant both pedagogically and logistically.
Merit pay systems are on the rise for
teachers,
paying teachers extra money
based on excellent classroom evaluations, high test scores and for high success at their overall school.
Teachers are not currently being
paid based on
merit.
He has already outlined plans to do away with
teacher tenure and set up a performance -
based review system for
teachers, create a
merit pay system and allow private, for - profit companies to take over failing schools.
Also against
merit pay based solely on student achievement scores is the Economic Policy Institute, which recently released a report titled «Teachers, Performance Pay, and Accountability: What Education Should Learn from Other Sectors.&raq
pay based solely on student achievement scores is the Economic Policy Institute, which recently released a report titled «
Teachers, Performance
Pay, and Accountability: What Education Should Learn from Other Sectors.&raq
Pay, and Accountability: What Education Should Learn from Other Sectors.»
We have repeatedly asked for better - prepared
teachers with a decent salary to match; they put forth
merit pay and career ladders
based on an unproven, and now statistically dis - proven, theory of reforms.