Sentences with phrase «tying teacher salaries»

We will also share some fact sheets including «Why Tying Teacher Salaries to Test Scores Doesn't Work,» a comparison chart of the relative success of reducing class size versus using Race to the Top strategies (no surprise — class size reduction works better!)

Parents Across America, «Tying Teacher Salaries to Test Scores Doesn't Work,» http://parentsacrossamerica.org/performancepay/.

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Schools and teachers are being held accountable for proving student achievement in unprecedented ways, including tying teacher salaries to student scores on standardized tests.

Proponents, insisting that tying teacher salaries to measurable standards will improve schools, have instituted a wide variety of incentive plans across the country: Some evaluate teachers based solely on standardized test scores, some on teacher skill development; some offer more pay to teachers working in at - risk schools or with at - risk children, or for teaching certain subjects.

Not exact matches

Meanwhile Toscano - Percoco, a former New York City teacher, began in 2012 receiving a salary from a mysterious company - Chris Pitts LLC that is said to be tied to CPV Valley Energy Center, which is building a controversial power plant in Orange County and needs state approvals.

«The first time I got to be grievance chair and sat across the table from the superintendent and all those people, and I thought, man, this little math teacher is really tying up a lot of salaries on the other side of the table.

Research shows that teachers who earn a master's degree don't necessarily see an increase in student achievement, and yet current salary structures and professional development models are often tied directly to those macro-credentials.

Rejecting test scores as a core value Los Angeles Times (Sandy Banks): The Chicago teachers strike reflected the nationwide divide over «market reforms,» shorthand for the accountability metrics that tie teachers» salaries and jobs to how well their students perform.

Therefore, teachers and their salaries are a key cost driver tied to student enrollment... However, it is not always possible to reduce teacher costs proportionate to losses in revenue.

Seventy - one percent of those surveyed said teachers should be paid on the basis of their work, rather than on a standard salary schedule, and 54 percent said a teacher's salary should be «somewhat closely» tied to the achievement of his or her students.

Under the defined benefit pension plans that cover 90 percent of public school teachers, benefits are delivered through formulas tied to the worker's years of experience and salary.

An innovative teachers contract designed to tie pay to performance has given Baltimore's teachers some of the best salaries in the state — but it's also expensive for the city school system.

But the new state law requires school districts to eventually tie salaries to teacher effectiveness.

Performance based pay ties teaching components such as standardized test scores and teacher evaluations to a salary schedule.

· Teacher compensation should be restructured to provide more incentives tied to performance, first by significantly reducing the number of steps on the salary scale, and then by phasing in a performance based system as the value - added assessment model evolves to the individual classroom level.

The pressure to produce scores was felt by both students and teachers, whose salaries are directly tied to test scores.

According to the annual Phi Delta Kappa / Gallup poll, 71 percent of Americans said teachers should be paid on the basis of their work, and 54 percent said salary should be «somewhat closely» tied to student achievement.

Seventy - three percent of voters said making it easier to fire underperforming teachers would improve the quality of public schools; 71 percent said putting more money into public schools in economically disadvantaged areas; 64 percent said tying teachers» salaries to performance evaluations; and 52 percent said extending the tax increase that provides additional funding to public schools and other programs.

A measure in Missouri would tie teachers» jobs and salaries to the performance of their students.

The categories of Beginning, Intermediate, Professional, and Master Teacher would be tied to job performance and underpinned by alternative salary schedules.

It may also be asked to support decisions about compensation, as policymakers are increasingly interested in tying compensation to judgments about teacher effectiveness, either by differentiating wages or by linking such judgments to specific responsibilities and salary increments for more expert teachers.

I would like to propose the tying of teacher leadership positions to the district's salary point scale in order to improve teacher retention.

Dramatically increasing teacher salaries and tying pay to job performance, skills, and demonstrated leadership ability;

This was because early versions of SB 1403 contained provisions that would have eliminated the minimum salary schedule, required annual appraisal of all teachers, and required that the commissioner adopt an evaluation framework that set the stage for a tying teacher evaluations to student test scores.

However, when it became clear at the end of the process that key members of the group would insist the final report contain recommendations eliminating the minimum salary schedule and tying teacher evaluations to student test scores, TCTA withdrew from the commission.

Even if I had, I completely disagree with high - stakes testing and tying teachers» bonuses, salaries, and evaluations to those scores.

North Carolina's wage competitiveness is tied for 49th, with only Arizona offering less - competitive teacher salaries.