Pse explain how a primary school can use pupils achievement results to pay and rate teachers?

Question

Teachers are generally rated and paid according to their qualifications and experience.In practice their supervisors use loyalty,industry,preparations,knowledge of subject and many other similar subjective measures to appraise them.Like in Sports where the Goal and points are very clear and open to all,the results of the pupils in the discipline a teacher handles should be the most important indicator of his or her proficiency in an objective manner like a league table in most sports..If operationalised,teachers effectiveness may improve and motivation and retention of the best amongst them enhanced.

Answer 1

Yeah, it depends on if they are part of a union or not, and what the district and the state uses to determine their pay.

It makes a certain kind of sense to say that a teacher is responsible for making sure his/her students learn. But I have to say that a hard-working teacher can't always get slacker idiot kids t learn when they don't want to. Give the horse as much salt as you can but he still might refuse to drink, know what I mean?

I think the goal (getting kids to pass) is already quite clear. What we need to do is stay out of the teachers' way. Teachers spend so much time now prepping their students for standardized tests, I wonder how they can teach their own material, especially if they are trying to 'think outside the box' with their lesson plans.

Principals, school boards, and school districts are the best folks to police the teachers and make sure they're doing their jobs.

Answer 2

They cannot use student achievement to rate and pay fairly. I have heard many arguments stating that if teachers cannot teach the students to achieve, they should be paid accordingly. However, these arguments do not take into consideration the fact that students have differing ability, and may not have the ability to achieve as other students. It also does not take into consideration the fact the you cannot FORCE any child to learn. A child may have potential ability, but due to many circumstances, may choose NOT to learn.

Another factor is that in cases where teachers are paid according to their students behavior, administrators may unfairly assign disproportionate numbers of below level students to teachers they dislike. This means the scores for that teacher's class might be lower than the other teachers in the grade level, no matter what the teacher does.

Children are not some sort of manufactured good for whom, if the proper manufacturing technique is applied, all will turn out well.

Answer 3

You are assuming all the students are capable of scoring high enough on a standardized test to be labeled "proficient." Not all students are. In Ohio at least, EVERY student has to take the standardized tests, no matter what their disabilites. We have autistic students who can't write their name who are required to take a test at their "grade level." About 15% of our students will never, ever pass a standardized test, and we are penalized for it (given a sub-par rating on our state "grade card." Think about this: If a 4th grade teacher has 6 kids in his class on individualized education plans (meaning they have different requirements to pass that grade level) who have I.Q.'s less than 85, WHY SHOULD HE BE PENALIZED FOR THAT? I don't think that student achievement can fairly be tied to teacher pay.