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This House would pay state school teachers based on merit
This House would pay state school teachers based on merit
This is a discussion on the Debatabase item titled: This House would pay state school teachers based on merit.Below is the discussion so far. Feel free to add your own comments!
1 year 2 weeks ago
I dont think anyone who suggests teaching based upon merit would come up with such an unfair set of proposals. It would not be teachers get a certain amount for having all their students get marks of 100% and it would decline from there. Rather it is much more likely that any proposal for merit pay would pay teachers dependent upon the improvement in results based upon previous results for their school or class.
Merit pay would probably be set at a local level so headteachers would be able to give realistic targets and reward those who reach those targets. Setting up a merit pay system nationally that takes into account the immense variation in backgrounds for students in each teacher's class would be immensly complicated.
1 year 2 weeks ago
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If we reward teachers based solely on test results, then you won't have any teachers that want to teach is lower-socioeconomic areas, or in areas where English is a second language.
Scenario-
Teacher A teaches first grade at a school where everyone's primary language is English. Since they already know the basics of the language, it is easier to teach them how to read and they pick up on it sooner. Learn to read, and other subjects become easier since you can now read the text books.
Teacher B teaches first grade at a school where there are a lot of ESL (English as a Second Language) students. Since English is not their primary language, and all the tests and texts are in English, it makes it harder for them to pick up and understand the subjects.
Teacher B's students are, understandably, going to test at a lower level than Teacher A's students.
Why should Teacher A be rewarded simply because her students' language is primarily English? Should Teacher B be punished simply because her students are ESL?