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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's a crazy idea. Forget about paying for degrees and pay people based on performance! I know it's crazy, right?[/quote]

How would you judge performance? Give us some specifics. 
The variations in students is huge. MCPS did away with final exams.
If you are a 11th grade on-level physics teacher for example, how would MCPS analytically assess how effective you are?[/quote]

How do you think performance is assessed in other professional jobs?  Managers look at any quantitative data that is available, but ultimately use that as input when making qualitative assessments based on the circumstances.[/quote]

You did not answer the question. How would you measure quantitative data for any random subject?
Every school has a different population. Wealthy students always do better and are easier to teach than low income students. 
What if a student is absent 50% of the time which is not that uncommon in some low income schools with high immigrant populations. Will the teacher get penalized for that student not learning. What if 20% of the class is special Ed. and have a variety of disabilities. Some kids actually refuse para support. Should the teacher be penalized because now the child is totally unfocused and off task. This actually happens. What if the teacher has a high number of ELL students who have been thrown into an honors science class with no support because there is a dire shortage of personnel.  Also, there are no final exams.
In summary, you have no clue how complex the public education system is. And also extremely short staffed these days [/quote]
Stop bringing facts to the table. It makes it so hard to argue! [/quote]

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