• New York City Teacher Bonus Program Will End Permanently – NYTimes.com

  tags: teacher evaluation Teacher teaching new york city merit pay

  • The results add to a growing body of evidence nationally that so-called pay-for-performance bonuses for teachers that consist only of financial incentives have no effect on student achievement, the researchers wrote. Even so, federal education policy champions the concept, and spending on performance-based pay for teachers grew to $439 million nationally last year from $99 million in 2006, the study said.
  • Teachers also reported that improving as teachers and seeing their students learn were bigger motivators than a bonus, Dr. Marsh said.
  • some staff members viewed the program as unfair because it relied too heavily on test scores, and others said they did not understand how the awards were determined.

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