BEND, Ore. — School districts in Oregon will no longer base teachers’ pay on student test scores.
The Bulletin of Bend reports (http://bit.ly/1VNmfqg ) that a federally funded grant working with seven districts across the state has expired, releasing the districts from a requirement that teachers and principals be paid based on student achievement.
In 2010, Bend-La Pine, Redmond, Crook County and four other schools districts were chosen to split a $24.4 million federal grant in coordination with the Chalkboard Project, a Portland-based education reform group. The districts were working to find new models for teacher evaluations, professional development and compensation.
Now that the grant money has run out, districts are no longer required to anchor pay with performance.
Chalkboard and the education research firm Education Northwest published a report last month saying they found evaluation scores weren’t the best motivation for teachers.
