Tuesday, July 19, 2011

New York Has Finally Figured Out That Merit Pay Doesn’t Work | Seattle Education

New York Has Finally Figured Out That Merit Pay Doesn’t Work | Seattle Education

New York Has Finally Figured Out That Merit Pay Doesn’t Work

Ha!

What was that again?

You mean that someone is finally getting the fact that merit pay doesn’t work!?

If you scroll down the right-hand column of this page and go to “Merit Pay” you will find several studies that have stated this fact along with bloggers, teachers and other advocates for education for a long time.

To follow are some of those links:

Another Blow for Merit Pay

Diane Ravitch: Should Teacher Evaluation Depend Upon Student Test Scores?