indeed. Also people follow incentives. Book Freakanomics point out in one study - (chicago I believe it was...of course) - that when an area ties financial incentives to test scores - teachers and institutions just started cheating on behalf of the students so they can boost their pay. (Oh I get a bonus if you all score 100% on the test? - ok here are the answers, thanks for the bonus check!)
Measuring improvement over classes baseline should give pay benefits maybe - but it needs to have a lot of checks and balances to avoid devolving into just another scam of fraud reporting.
indeed. Also people follow incentives. Book Freakanomics point out in one study - (chicago I believe it was...of course) - that when an area ties financial incentives to test scores - teachers and institutions just started cheating on behalf of the students so they can boost their pay. (Oh I get a bonus if you all score 100% on the test? - ok here are the answers, thanks for the bonus check!)
Measuring improvement over classes baseline should give pay benefits maybe - but it needs to have a lot of checks and balances to avoid devolving into just another scam of fraud reporting.