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Pay For Performance For Teachers Three Reasons North Carolina's New Plan for Paying Teachers is a Bad Idea. - by Bill Ferriter
in 2013 NC made some signficant changes in how it pays teachers. In this editorial, three reasons why this is destructive for NC students. new (Views So Far 61 )

Making teacher incentives work - In Favor Of NC Teacher Pay For Performance - by Thomas Ahn
Author suggests that the NC teacher pay for performance approach gets around problems with teacher merit pay: Excerpt: North Carolina has operated one of the country's largest pay-for-performance teacher-bonus programs since the late 1990s. New research shows that a North Carolina-style incentive-pay program has the potential to improve student learning by encouraging teachers to exert more effort on the job. The North Carolina model avoids three pitfalls associated with implementing individual-level pay-for-performance plans: the problem of grades and subjects without standardized tests, the problem of teachers fighting for the best students, and statistical noise in test scores. The program also enjoys broad political support, including from the state teachers union. Education reformers worldwide should understand how performance pay can improve student learning. new (Views So Far 72 )

Little Connection Between Teacher Pay and Performance (Value Added Measures Of Teacher Effectiveness - by NPR
NPR's article on pay for performance, relationship between pay and teacher performance, credentialism and a lot more. Read the entire thing through, because there's lots of meat here. new (Views So Far 110 )

Does Increasing Teacher Salaries Yield More Learning? - by PAMELA BROOKE
Not so much about merit pay for teachers but about the relationship between teacher pay and learning. Some great infographics here, since the author looks at how countries that lead the USA in learning outcomes, also pay their teachers at a higher level than the USA. new (Views So Far 32 )

NEA - Examining Merit Pay - by NEA
Written for teachers, this NEA article looks at what merit pay might mean to them, but its value is in the review of the various methods that can be used to evaluate teachers and allocate merit pay. new (Views So Far 67 )

Education Week: TAP: More Than Performance Pay - by Stephen Sawchuk
TAP (Teacher Advancement Programs) includes a pay for performance component for teachers, but also involves teachers in setting the thresholds for defining what is effective teaching. Excerpt: In general, educators who work in one of the 219 schools that use TAP don't have any problem discussing that element. Yes, they will confirm, the bonus pay is partly based on test scores. But then they will gently remind you that TAP, begun by businessman Lowell Milken in 2000, has several components, all of which work together to improve teacher effectiveness. new (Views So Far 64 )