Texas merit pay plan for teachers quietly disappears. AUSTIN — It was the largest program of its type in the nation just a few years ago, hailed by Republican leaders as the wave of the future in education. But Texas’ once-vaunted teacher merit pay plan is no more. What remained of the plan after massive funding cuts in 2011 has been converted this fall into a new state grant program that will pay for innovative education in a few dozen poor schools. Nearly half of Texas teachers — about 180,000 educators — received bonuses under the incentive pay plan two years ago for higher test scores and student achievement.
That was slashed after legislators made unprecedented funding cuts in education to ease a budget crunch. Funding for bonuses was cut 90 percent. The program, known as the District Awards for Teacher Excellence, was kept alive the past two years in hopes that it could be resurrected in the future when the state’s revenue situation improved. But the Legislature passed a measure this year to virtually kill it. Gov. Last bonus checks. Teachers Pay: 5 Rules for Reforming Teacher Compensation. Abstract: Despite ongoing debates over the adequacy of teacher compensation, the design of merit pay systems, and the structure of pension benefits, there is broad agreement that teacher pay should be designed to recruit—and retain—the highest-quality teachers in a cost-effective manner.
Policymakers should avoid across-the-board pay increases, and focus instead on performance pay by easing restrictions on entering the teaching profession and basing tenure decisions on performance in the classroom. Value-added models are helpful in identifying the best teachers, but they should be used cautiously in conjunction with other performance-based measures. Retirement benefits should take the form of 401(k)-style plans to avoid the cost overruns and irrational retirement incentives created by traditional pensions. Finally, policymakers should remember that teacher quality is just one of many factors affecting student achievement.
Avoid Across-the-Board Pay Increases Maintain Sober Expectations. DOE Dialogue: Staff Performance Evaluation. Paper: Bias of Public Sector Worker Performance Monitoring: Theory and Empirical Evidence From Middle School Teachers (2012 APPAM Fall Research Conference (November 8 - 10, 2012)) Saturday, November 10, 2012: 4:30 PM Hanover B (Radisson Plaza Lord Baltimore Hotel) *Names in bold indicate Presenter Douglas Harris and Andrew A.
Anderson, University of Wisconsin at Madison Accurately monitoring workers in some service sector jobs presents distinctive challenges because of selection bias in the assignment of clients to workers. 'Value Added' Measures at Secondary Level Questioned. What teachers know vs. what education policymakers do — Ravitch - The Answer Sheet. This was written by education historian Diane Ravitch for her Bridging Differences blog, which she co-authors with Deborah Meier on the Education Week website. The item was first published on April 10. In their blog, Ravitch and Meier exchange letters about what matters most in education. Ravitch, a research professor at New York University, is author of “The Death and Life of the Great American School System,” a critique of the flaws in the modern school reform movement that she just updated.
By Diane Ravitch We heard a lot last month about the MetLife Survey of the American Teacher. It showed that teachers across the nation are demoralized and that their job satisfaction has dropped precipitously since 2009. The proportion thinking of leaving teaching has gone from 17 percent to 29 percent, a 70 percent increase in only two years.
What has happened in the past two years? Is it any wonder that teachers and principals are demoralized? 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. 2. 3. 4. What do teachers want? Diane. Flunking the Test Download.ei-ie.org/Docs/WebDepot/teacher_self-efficacy_voice_leadership.pdf.