Author : Dr. Gulden Akinci
The Lone Star State has voted for a new experiment in Texas education – indexing teacher bonuses to test scores. The higher the students score on generalized tests, the more money teachers would take home. The program is advertised as a basic market supply-and-demand solution to the vexing problem of dropping test scores across the nation.The $260 million dollar experiment will try to prove whether a better paychecks for the 300,000 Texas teachers will translate to higher academic achievement for their students.According to the Dallas Morning News story penned by Holly H. Hacker and Terrence Stutz, other states of the union are watching Texas closely since this bold implementation has its critics as well as its cheerleaders.Those who defend the program like Gov. Rick Perry claim that this program will propel the State of Taxes to the forefront of academic excellence.Proponents also point out to the already existing cash incentive program of the U.S. Department of Education's Teacher Incentive Fund which pays out $94 million in incentives to local and state education boards in the form of 15 grants if they can increase the tests cores in low-income district schools.The critics insist similar programs in the past did not yield any significant results. They also add that such monetary incentives will place an undue focus on testing and test results, They argue that students need less emphasis on testing techniques and more on substantive learning.The same news story reported that "with teacher salaries averaging just under $42,000 [in Texas], the maximum bonus of $10,000 would represent a compensation jump of nearly 25 percent."Florida, Minnesota and Colorado are the other states which are rewarding their best performing teachers with cash incentives.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Dr. Gulden Akinci is an author and a tutor with over 20 years of experience in math and science tutoring at high school and college level.Her new 400-page book "Private Tutor (TM) for SAT Math Success 2006" is the culmination of her years of experience in the field and brings together 1,000 exercises and examples on 50 different Math subject at 3 different difficulty levels.See a preview at http://www.lulu.com/content/263630Akinci's innovative and patented "Private Tutor" Method provides a customized, fast, complete, effective and affordable method to increase SAT math scores that has been tested successfully on all levels of high school students.Dr. Akinci can be reached for all your SAT and math questions through her official web site http://www.privatetutor.us
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