Study pours cold water on performance-based teacher pay L.A. NOW Los Angeles Times:
"One of the most intensely debated aspects of President Obama's 'Race to the Top' fund for education, especially here in California, has been its insistence on a mechanism that would allow for teacher evaluations based on the performance of their students. It's a no-brainer as far as a lot of people are concerned, but teachers unions abhor it and California law specifically forbids linking teachers with student achievement, at least at the state level.
Now comes some interesting, and perhaps counterintuitive, news from Portugal, where the government recently began tying teacher pay to student achievement. A study released in May"
Read full report: http://www.docstoc.com/docs/11569337/Individual-Teacher-Incentives-StudentAchievement-and-Grade-Inflation
"One of the most intensely debated aspects of President Obama's 'Race to the Top' fund for education, especially here in California, has been its insistence on a mechanism that would allow for teacher evaluations based on the performance of their students. It's a no-brainer as far as a lot of people are concerned, but teachers unions abhor it and California law specifically forbids linking teachers with student achievement, at least at the state level.
Now comes some interesting, and perhaps counterintuitive, news from Portugal, where the government recently began tying teacher pay to student achievement. A study released in May"
Read full report: http://www.docstoc.com/docs/11569337/Individual-Teacher-Incentives-StudentAchievement-and-Grade-Inflation