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While real education reform is unlikely to take place as long as school choice and competition is resisted, many states are embarking on an innovative strategy to increase student achievement –– merit pay. In several states across the country, teachers are receiving bonuses if their students increase their test scores.
Paying teachers based on merit sounds like a good idea. It relies on the power of incentives. Knowing that success will be rewarded will motivate teachers to be more diligent in lesson planning, presentation, evaluation and follow-up. It would also encourage more talented people to consider entering the teaching profession. Supporters argue that teachers will strive to improve test scores if they can increase their salary by thousands each year.
In Plano, Texas, a $260 million dollar project has begun to determine whether bonuses can in fact produce gains in student achievement. State Senator Florence Shapiro, R-Plano, who authored the Texas Reform...
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