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IS THERE MERIT IN MERIT PAY FOR TEACHERS?
by
Shirin Parsavand
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF ARTS
(SPECIALIZED JOURNALISM)
August 2010
Copyright 2010 Shirin Parsavand
Object Description
| Title | Is there merit in merit pay for teachers? |
| Author | Parsavand, Shirin |
| Author email | parsavan@usc.edu; shirin.parsavand@gmail.com |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Specialized Journalism |
| School | Annenberg School for Communication |
| Date defended/completed | 2010-06-29 |
| Date submitted | 2010 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2010-08-06 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Celis, William |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Suro, Roberto Kaplan, Sandra |
| Abstract | The Obama administration is using billions of dollars in federal stimulus grants to encourage schools to offer merit pay to teachers. A growing body of research on teacher effectiveness has put new emphasis on the importance of recruiting and retaining strong teachers. But questions remain about the effect of merit pay on teachers’ motivation and student achievement. Teachers unions often object to plans to use standardized test scores in evaluating teachers and determining pay. Still, some teachers unions have worked with districts to develop merit pay plans. The Los Angeles Unified School District plans to experiment with merit pay and a coalition of charter school organizations in Los Angeles is working on its own merit pay experiment with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. One way to overcome opposition may be to make sure teachers who are rewarded are helping their entire schools and not just the children in their classroom. |
| Keyword | merit pay; performance pay; teachers; Los Angeles Unified School District; Denver Public Schools; ProComp; Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Denver |
| Geographic subject (county) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic subject (state) | California; Colorado |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3283 |
| Rights | Parsavand, Shirin |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Parsavand-3721 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume32/etd-Parsavand-3721.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Full text | IS THERE MERIT IN MERIT PAY FOR TEACHERS? by Shirin Parsavand A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF ARTS (SPECIALIZED JOURNALISM) August 2010 Copyright 2010 Shirin Parsavand |
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