(np) merit pay

[Bekah]

State Standards are adopted  by the Boards of Education  in the  
individual states.  Several years ago the Feds put teeth into them  
with No Child Left Behind.   The expectation is that ALL children will  
be at grade level (as determined by ?)  by the year 2014.   We all  
know that's impossible but no one will take responsibility for  
lowering standards in any way or for any one.

http://www.educationworld.com/standards/state/index.shtml

I teach in Central California but teachers all over the US have the  
same problems.

Bekah

On Apr 15, 2010, at 7:04 AM, Ian Livingston wrote:

> Are the standards committees in California or Massachusetts?
> California teachers are up against everything Bekah mentions, plus
> those illiterate kids have 10-year-old brothers with automatic weapons
> and friends who drive.
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> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Keith <keithsz at mac.com> wrote:
>> The folks in California setting up the statistics to analyze the
>> significance of test scores and teacher merit should also be paid  
>> based on
>> their merit. They wouldn't get a dime. As Bekah points out they don't
>> understand the basics when it comes to controlling all the relevant
>> variables.
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> -- 
> "liber enim librum aperit."