Question: What’s wrong
with merit pay?
Answer/Quote: “…the problems
with individual merit pay are numerous and well documented. It has been shown
to undermine teamwork, encourages employees to focus on the short term, and
leads people to link compensation to political skills and ingratiating
personalities rather than to performance.” 26. Jeffry Pferrer. Harvard Business Review: Six Dangerous Myths
about Pay (1998).
The author points out that improving
education for all students is the goal. Merit pay undermines that goal.
Comment: I have had several experiences as a
supervisor in which teamwork was undermined by teachers’ unwillingness to share
their successful methods with other teachers, most notably in a primary grade
writing workshop. RayS.
Title: “Teacher
Evaluation, Teacher Effectiveness, and School Reform.” Richard Long. Reading Today (October/November 2011), 26-27.
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