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Merit bonuses for teachers from high pupil test scores would be a disaster. As children from poor homes get lower scores due to more stressful living conditions
by wmt 13y ago
Merit bonuses for teachers from high pupil test scores would be a disaster. As children from poor homes get lower scores due to more stressful living conditions, the system would try to steer good teachers away from poor neighborhood schools, i.e. the reforms' goal is to make the rich families richer and the poor ones poorer.
- RougeFemme 13y agoAlso, in my school system, the good teachers are steered/yanked towards the classes that have standardized testing. So electives, classes for enrichment, etc., don't necessarily have the best teachers. If all of the teachers in a given school are "good", that's not an issue. In schools where teachers are in short supply, that's a major problem.