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setting curriculum, the system establishes “quality control.”
Although the Journal article noted that wholesale improvement in student performance on standardized tests hasn’t show up yet, at Indian Hill it cited dramatic gains in two other systems —Shawnee Mission and Schools in Mesa, Arizona—where merit pay systems based on “teacher accountability” had been instituted.)
Masterson continued that all he heard at the mention of any new education-related proposal were negative responses. He maintained that if nothing progressive was ever tried, the county system couldn't be improved.
“I think giving more help to those teachers who are weaker, being careful of who we put on continuing contract and building up morale would be a bigger help (than adopting a merit pay system),” insisted Mrs. Quaintance.
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