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January 12, 2006

Tying pay to performance

Houston may become the biggest school district in the nation to tie teachers' pay to their students' test scores. School Superintendent Abe Saavedra wants to offer teachers as much as $3,000 more per school year if their students improve on state and national tests, AP reports. The program could eventually grow to as much as $10,000 in merit pay. The school board is set to vote on the plan today. Five of the nine board members have said they support it.

Other school districts have adopted such programs in recent years. Denver, with 73,000 students, took such a step in November, becoming the biggest district to do so. Houston, with more than 200,000 students, is the nation's seventh-largest district. More info here.

Has Denver's move opened the door? Other states and cities are going forward with various pay-for-performance options, such as Chicago, New York, and Massachusetts. Some info here.

Posted January 12, 2006 1:30 PM | Teachers

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