Essay On Merit Pay

Do you think your pay should be determined on how others perform? Merit pay is a word that describes performance-related pay, mostly in educational development. There is a lot of positive and negative feedback discussing the merit law. The merit law has started but it is not yet in full effect. It is working because it is just affecting a small portion of the teachers check. That will change when the law is in full affect. I personally strongly disagree with this law and think that they should do away with it.
One of the major reasons why I disagree with Merit Pay is that success is difficult to describe and measure. The No Child Left Behind Act says that all primary and secondary schools are accountable to higher standards. The No Child Left Behind Act also provides more opportunities for parents, school choices and places a greater emphasis on reading in schools. NCLB is written so that it requires 100% of the students, including special education students and those from disadvantaged backgrounds within a school to reach the same set of state standards in math and reading. I believe that teachers pay should not be determined by the learning capabilities of their students.
In my own personal opinion one of the major things …show more content…
The achievement of these student and teachers is measured only by a students’ performance on an annual multiple-choice reading and math test. Teachers are increasingly only teaching “to the test” due to the common fear that their students will perform badly resulting in their termination. How can you not argue that by teaching to the test, many students fail to receive an appropriate and well-rounded education? Due to the intense focus on math and reading proficiency, fewer resources and time are devoted to subjects such as art, physical education, social studies and