Man the battle stations. The Miami Herald reports that ?the chairman of the [state] Senate's education policy committee filed a measure this week that would partially base teacher salary increases on student test scores.? The bill would not effect current teacher pay plans but would create merit-based contracts for educators hired after 2014, who ?would only see raises if they are deemed highly effective or effective? (deemed thus, that is, by a not-yet-created system of evaluation). The Herald notes that ?how the bill will be received by teachers, particularly the teachers' union, is yet to be seen.? But one can guess.
?Liam Julian, Bernard Lee Schwartz Policy Fellow