Annotated Bibliography

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American Association of School Administrators. (n.d.) Hot Topic: Merit Pay. American

Association of School Administrators.  Retrieved from http://archives.aasa.org/content.cfm?mnitemnumber=&tnitemnumber=&itemnumber=8207

This article discusses the problems with performance pay and the many unknown variables involved.  It also talked about chronyism. 

Associated Press (September, 2010).  Study: Merit pay for teachers doesn’t improve

student test scores.  Fox News.com.  Retrieved from www.foxnews.com/us/2010/09/21/study -merit-pay-teachers-doesnt-improve-student-test-scores

Although, this is a Fox News site and mainly conservative, it did denounce the idea of using performance pay for teacher evaluations; mainly because President Obama supports it. 

Banks, J.A., (2008). An Introduction to Multicultural Education, 4^th ed.  Boston, MA:

Pearson Education, Inc.

Multicultural education is important to the cause of supporting teachers in avoiding performance pay.  If not, the students just become another number or statistic, pass or no pass.

Boles, K.C. & Troen, V., (September, 2005).  How merit pay squelches teaching.  The

Boston Globe.  Retrieved from www.bostonglobe.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2005/09/28/how_merit_pay_squelches_teaching/

This article gave an excellent synopsis of what went wrong when England went to a performance pay system in 1710.  The article talked about how teachers specifically taught to the core subjects and dropped other subjects that were not tested.

DeArmond, M. DeBugomaster, S. & Goldharber, D  (2010).  Teacher Attitudes about

Compensation Reform.  National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research, 50, 1-44.

This article was a study of Washington state teachers.  The teachers in this article overwhelming did not back performance pay.  However, the teachers did support teachers receiving increase in their pay, when moving into hard to fill positions.

Drevitch, G., (January, 2006).  Merit pay: Good for teachers? Instructor-New Teacher

Magazine.  Retrieved from www2. Scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp

This article gave me several frequently asked questions.  I used these questions in my conclusion.

Economonu, E., (2010).  Goodbye-and good riddance-WASL; hello MSP.  Hearst

Communications Inc.  Retrieved from http:www.seattlepi.com/default/article/

The WASL is a standardized test.  This article gives background knowledge of the change from WASL to MSP.

E.J. Roos also claimed competition would increase in the schools with Seattle Public

School’s role out of the new evaluation system (personal communication, June 7, 2011)

This was a conversation with another fourth and fifth grade teacher about the problems with the Seattle Public Schools’ new evaluation system.

Fehr, E., & Fehr, M.C., (2010).  Teach Boldly! Letters to teachers about contemporary

issues in education.  New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc.

Not all of the letters are beneficial.  However, many of the writers of these letters are teachers or were teachers.  They understand the process and the dilemma teachers face on a day to day basis. 

Freire, P., (2010).  Teachers as cultural workers: Letters to those who dare to teach,

 expanded ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press

The letters in this book express teacher empowerment.  These letters help support teachers who dare to teach.  Teachers needed support from a larger entity to do the powerful things they must do.

Ghorpada, J., (1999).  Merit pay:  why there are some flies in the ointment.  Union-

Tribune Publishing Co.  Retrieved from http://psy2.ucsd.edu/`eebbesen/psych18699/186Meritpay.html

This article takes the stance of avoiding performance pay.  Interestingly enough, the author is referencing the business and manufacturing world.  

Goldharber, D. & Theobald, R., (2010). Assessing the determinants and Implications of Teacher Layoffs.  National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education. Research, 55, 1-46. 

This article looked at the expenses connected with keeping seniority in schools.  It also surveyed teachers and families about Reduction in Force (RIF) for more qualified, young teachers.

Harris, D.C., (2007).  The promise and pitfalls of alternative teacher compensation

approaches.  The Great Lakes Center for Education Research & Practice, 1-43.

This article addressed both sides of the coin in this controversial topic.  I used to help inform the reader.

Jason, G., (April, 2011).  Merit pay for teachers works and the evidence now proves it.

American Thinker.  Retrieved from www.americanthinker.com/2011/04…

This article gives the reader more information on high seniority is hurting our educational system.  Although, it does not use much data.

Labor, 1830s-Present. (n.d.). In U.S. History online.  Retrieved from www.u-s-

history.com/pages/h1678.htm

This website gives the historical background behind unions.  I used this information to support the need for unions, then and now. 

Lewis, B., (n.d.).  Pros and cons of merit pay for teachers. About.com.  Retrieved from

http://k6educators .about.com/od/assessmentandtesting/a/meritpay_2.htm

This article gives a comprehensive list of the pros and cons of merit pay.  The research from the articles helps address the pros and the cons.

Luebke, B. (March 22, 2011).  We need a better way to pay teachers.  Civitas Institute.

             Retrieved from www.nccivitas.org/2011/we-need-a-better-way-to-pay-teachers

This article is an attack on how teachers are currently paid.  The article addresses seniority as the main way of keeping teachers.

Turner, D., (April 8, 2010).  State push to pay teachers based on performance.  USA

Today.  Retrieved from www.usatoday.com/news/education/2010-04-08-

teachers-pay_N.htm

This article addresses a state’s approach to changing the current way teachers are paid.  The article shows several of the loopholes in designing a performance pay system.

Value-added. (n.d.).  What is value-added.  Retrieved from

http://projects.latimes.com/value-added/faq#what_is_value_added

This site supported my work with an illustrated graph.  It explained how value-added works as a way of looking at a teacher’s increasing or decreasing of student scores. 

 Zuluaga, H., (2011).  State releases MSP & AYP Scores. Retrieved from

http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/101936623.html

The state releases all schools’ and districts’ data to the media.  Again, connecting performance to pay can be create a frenzy with the media.