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Since most academic performance comes down to the traits of the students, e.g. IQ and conscientiousness, it still seems like this will be a continuation of the
by jalapenos 2y ago
Since most academic performance comes down to the traits of the students, e.g. IQ and conscientiousness, it still seems like this will be a continuation of the existing system, where you get paid more if you can get a job in a better school, which being more expensive (either directly via private school fees or indirectly for public schools in more expensive neighbourhoods), will statistically draw in more students with higher IQs etc.
So I don't this would help things unless you had some initial benchmarking. And I don't think having all students sit an IQ test is going to fly.
- cebert 2y agoThis is an important point to bring up when discussing merit based pay. At face value, I would support a system where the most skilled and hardest working educators were rewarded with higher salaries. However, it becomes challenging to implement this while simultaneously encouraging individuals to join districts with challenges. This approach is essentially the opposite of stack ranking at tech companies where it’s more advantageous to join a poor performing team.
- myroon5 2y agoThe article addresses those concerns: 'Merit should be defined in terms of the improvement that teachers deliver to their students over the course of a school year. This framing controls for other variables affecting student performance and ensures that teachers in wealthy school districts aren’t rewarded because their students come in with an advantage.' 'The bonuses created an incentive for highly rated teachers to move to disadvantaged schools, and within two years students were performing at close to the city’s average level.'