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Sunday, March 13, 2011

Schools Matter: The Folly and Unfairness . . .Part II

Schools Matter: The Folly and Unfairness . . .Part II

The Folly and Unfairness . . .Part II


THE FOLLY AND UNFAIRNESS OF TYING TEACHER SALARIES TO TEST SCORES
Rachel Squires Bloom
Part Two: How Tying Teacher Salaries to Test Scores Will Unravel the Student-Teacher Bond

Tying teacher pay to standardized test scores would irremediably and inevitably result in the destruction of the many interconnected relationships on which learning is built, including the vital and inviolable relationship between student and teacher. Doing so creates clear disincentive for teachers to work with districts, schools, or classrooms which contain student populations who historically do not perform well on standardized tests. The mentality that certain student populations generate higher salaries would inevitably and unconscionably damage