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[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: tests and pay
I don't know if there are any studies with "data", but it is a particularly bad idea, because you are rewarding teachers for working in wealthy districts where students tend to get higher test score numbers. Talk about differentiated resources in reverse. In states where this has been done, it also (I believe) tends to add to the incentive to game the system in various ways to make your school look good. This is true even if the tie bonuses to score increase rates, rather than raw numbers (a la Sanders). It basically makes the teachers view low-scoring students as barriers to bonuses. What a healthy outlook for an educator to have! W. Edwards Deming said this about merit pay. I can't recall the exact quote, but he said performance cannot be measured. The system determines performance. You might as well reward the weatherman for a sunny day. Another good quote from Deming is that "the most important numbers in any business are unknown and unknowable". It's pretty clear this applies to numbers meant to be representative of teacher competency and student learning. > -----Original Message----- > From: BDeBuhr@EXCITE.COM [SMTP:BDeBuhr@EXCITE.COM] > Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 9:07 PM > To: ARN-L@listsrva.CUA.EDU > Subject: tests and pay > > Could use some help here, > At a meeting with board members this morning- out of the blue - came from > a > member the question about tying test results with pay - they were starting > to talk about "merit" and other kinds of compensation then this was > brought > up. Somebodies been reading somewhere. But, we've another meeting > tomorrow > and, while I have a basic negative believe about this, I could use some > help > with some quick references that would provide me with some evidence of the > drawback and dangers of this kind of "marrage". > > Appreciate any postings that might assist me respond with data. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________ > > Send a cool gift with your E-Card > > http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/ > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________ > Send a cool gift with your E-Card > http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the ARN-L list, send command SIGNOFF ARN-L > to LISTSERV@LISTS.CUA.EDU. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the ARN-L list, send command SIGNOFF ARN-L to LISTSERV@LISTS.CUA.EDU.
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