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Article: Chicago's first.(Chicago Public Schools designs a performance-based teacher compensation system)(Brief article)
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- District Administration
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- January 1, 2007
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Chicago Public Schools' teacher incentive fund, linking teachers' pay to improved student test scores, beginning fall 2007, will be among the nation's biggest merit pay systems.
It's the first time the district has experimented with the controversial idea of paying teachers more money for improved student achievement. Chicago, which is the largest district implementing this, has so far received the largest ...