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Schools Matter: More Research on Teacher Performance Pay for Duncan to Ignore

Schools Matter: More Research on Teacher Performance Pay for Duncan to Ignore

More Research on Teacher Performance Pay for Duncan to Ignore

One has to wonder what it will take for the corporate edu-idiots to notice that there is no evidence to support any, i. e., ANY of their "reform" proposals. The most recent bad news for the billionaire boys club, reported by Valerie Strauss:
A study released today by Mathematica Policy Research Inc. shows no evidence that the Chicago Teacher Advancement Program improved student math and reading tests when compared with a group of similar schools that did not use the system, Education Week reported.

Chicago’s program is a version of the national Teacher Advancement Program, or TAP, which was