Wednesday, September 10, 2003
9-10-03 -- Iowa's Move Toward Pay-for-Performance
On Verge of Collapse -- Education Week
9-10-03 -- Iowa's Move Toward Pay-for-Performance
On Verge of Collapse -- Education Week: "'The Right Ideas'
Pay-for-performance models have been piloted in schools and some districts, such as Cincinnati and Denver, but Iowa was the first state to adopt such a comprehensive law. Most states are taking 'baby steps' toward paying teachers based on student performance, said Michael Allen, the program director for the Teaching Quality Policy Center for the Education Commission of the States in Denver.
'Someone has to be able to take a really big step in terms of pay for performance,' he argued, adding that Iowa's plan has been the most progressive state effort."
They're also doing this with the over-emphasis on standards as in most other states.
On Verge of Collapse -- Education Week: "'The Right Ideas'
Pay-for-performance models have been piloted in schools and some districts, such as Cincinnati and Denver, but Iowa was the first state to adopt such a comprehensive law. Most states are taking 'baby steps' toward paying teachers based on student performance, said Michael Allen, the program director for the Teaching Quality Policy Center for the Education Commission of the States in Denver.
'Someone has to be able to take a really big step in terms of pay for performance,' he argued, adding that Iowa's plan has been the most progressive state effort."
They're also doing this with the over-emphasis on standards as in most other states.
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