Group Commissioned to Examine Chicago TAP Results
The National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, which oversees the popular Teacher Advancement Program school-reform model, is commissioning its own study to figure out why its Chicago site had disappointing results, compared to some of its other sites, according to this release.
Interactive, Inc., an Ashland, Va.-based education program evaluator, will try to determine which variables in Chicago might have led to the results, the NIET group said.
The study is being hailed by some in the field as the death knell for performance pay, but that's probably a bit premature for a couple of reasons. As I noted in my story, TAP has lots of other pieces aside from bonus pay, including job-embedded professional development and a career ladder and added responsibilities for "master"
Interactive, Inc., an Ashland, Va.-based education program evaluator, will try to determine which variables in Chicago might have led to the results, the NIET group said.
The study is being hailed by some in the field as the death knell for performance pay, but that's probably a bit premature for a couple of reasons. As I noted in my story, TAP has lots of other pieces aside from bonus pay, including job-embedded professional development and a career ladder and added responsibilities for "master"
