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Old 03-31-2012, 08:33 PM   #570
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Originally Posted by Flickered Flame View Post
As an educator in this province, what I've found interesting is that the WRA is proposing merit pay for teachers, basically the better a teacher's students do on a standardized test, the more pay the teacher would receive.

This goes against everything teachers have been working on for the past 3-5 years in terms of assessment. Standardized tests were/are coming to an end, if the PCs win this election. Or at least that is the hope.
How do you objectively compare students without standardized tests? Assessments you can have confidence in crucial for university entrance and scholarships and such.
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