Merit Pay and Teacher Assessment

Posted on October 24, 2008
Filed Under Ed Tech |

I keep reading about more and more districts looking at using merit pay to reward the top teachers for the work that they are doing. This is exciting to some and scary to others. The main item of contention in my opinion is the way that teachers are assessed. Most districts that are currently rewarding teachers are doing so based on the results of their students’ standardized test scores.

For years good teachers have been saying that they don’t mind being held accountable for the work they do, but that pinning their abilities to their students’ performance on a test is unfair.

Finally, research is showing what teachers already know.

http://tinyurl.com/58tzb6

~Tim

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