The Merit Pay Presentation

Merit Pay Presentation. Why Merit Pay is a needed in America.

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• Dustin
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[MrDTS04]

1. First off, It's not propaganda because it advocates the implementation of a policy you disagree with.

2. I agree most teachers do work hard. Merit would reward those that do. Generally working hard leads to results. Thus, generally, this would reward hard workers

3. Merit pay and the classsification of good teacher vs. bad teachers is irrelevant to the other comparisons you made.

4.Research hasn't proven anything conclusive. There hasn't been enough large studies done yet.

-Thank you.

[cshore1998]

How do you really measure teacher performance? Students are not widgets. Each child is unique. What merit pay does is drive teachers away from lower income schools and those with large numbers of minority students who generally do not do as well on multiple choice tests and toward schools that service students from middle and upper income families.

[cshore1998]

First of all, teacher tenure does not exist. Teachers can be fired for a variety of reasons, including bad performance. Secondly, the creator of this video is clueless about what motivates teachers. While we all want to earn a decent wage, we also want some control over our professions, something which standardized testing has eliminated. We want an opportunity to make a difference in student's lives, not teach to the test.

[McMentat]

How is it propoganda? And your claim that oppurtunity will be taken away from what you refer to as "poor" teachers is completely unfounded. Your opinion is based on a single outdated theory of merit pay as a tool for punishment rather than an incentive. Merit pay systems can exist w/out taking oppurtunity away from any teacher. Rewarding exceptional teachers does not mean punishing bad ones.Also, the Tennesse Value Added Assessment System created a method to measure teacher's effect on students

[mquantz13]

Nice propaganda. Let's separate the good students from the bad. Let's separate the involved parents from the un-involved. MOST teachers work incredibly hard and do a wonderful job. Let's separate the rich with opportunities from the poor with none. Merit pay doesn't work. Research backs that up.