Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Bad, Bad Idea

Teachers Agree to Bonus Pay Tied to Scores
By ELISSA GOOTMAN
Published: October 18, 2007
"Bonuses for New York City teachers would be based largely on the overall test scores of students at schools that have high concentrations of poor children."

Good idea in theory but I think it will just promote corruption and teaching to the test. I see this happening too much even when money is not involved. How very fitting that just this evening I came across a quote from Sask Learning that said "Having standards does not mean standardization." Beautiful.

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