> And there is tons of evidence showing that merit pay not only doesn't improve teaching quality, but actually makes it worse. Do you have links to this eviden

> And there is tons of evidence showing that merit pay not only doesn't improve teaching quality, but actually makes it worse. Do you have links to this evidence? I'm genuinely curious; my own searching brings up evidence in favor of merit pay, such as this recent study: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2012/07/23/does-teacher-merit-pay-work-a-new-study-says-yes/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2012/07/23/d...