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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As for the incentive pay, that is what the LIFT is supposed to address (though it doesn't IMO.) For example at teacher at a Cap Hill school with lower Title 1 percentage will only get $1K for being considered "highly effective" while a teacher at a school on the "wrong side of the park" in Northwest or deep in Southeast will get a larger bonus. However, the overall school results are low despite that teacher's efforts and accomplishments. It just never balances out. Also, teachers at top schools either have a low bonus or have a harder time earning the title of highly effective because the children come into school on or above grade level and scores are based on how much progress they make. Technically, a top performing school would have all of the teachers rated highly effective, right?[/quote]

Having worked at both, why would a top performing school get credit for students who are already top performing? That is what LIFT was supposed to do but it hasn't, pretty much everyone stays where they are or they leave period. DCPS is just a mass of churn and burn but high-performing teachers couldn't cut it at low-performing schools mainly due to behavior and disrespect; trust me teachers in low-performing schools for the most part are treated terribly and get no respect. [/quote]

and 1 year of PARCC scores is not the end all be all of achievement levels.  It quantifies in a way that doesn't recognize gains in severely disadvantaged learners.  A student who moves from 4 grade levels behind to 2 levels behind is still counted as failing, even if the teacher was a near miracle worker.  NAEP scores, or at least  few years of PARCC data will better address annual progress than Janney parents patting themselves on the back for their advanced learners, which DUH!, we pretty much already knew.[/quote]

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