Sentences with phrase «teachers substantial bonuses»

Dean Benbow: Our National Center on Performance Incentives conducted a three - year scientific experiment in Nashville in which we paid teachers substantial bonuses based on student test scores.

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Teachers rated «ineffective» are dismissed; those whose performance is rated as «minimally effective» have one year to improve; and teachers who are rated «highly effective» receive large bonuses and the potential for substantial increases in bTeachers rated «ineffective» are dismissed; those whose performance is rated as «minimally effective» have one year to improve; and teachers who are rated «highly effective» receive large bonuses and the potential for substantial increases in bteachers who are rated «highly effective» receive large bonuses and the potential for substantial increases in base pay.

[5] The largest bonus was substantial, $ 15,000 a year, for teachers whose performance was in the top five percent of teachers based on historical district data.

The tight budgetary environment played a big supporting role in the D.C. contract, in which teachers got a 21.6 % salary boost and a bucket of bonus dollars in return for substantial concessions on job protections, seniority, and merit pay.

For example, last year, I wrote about a federally financed initiative that, at least initially, improved teacher - retention rates for teachers who transfered to low - achieving schools and received a substantial bonus.