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There’s Not Much Performance in Denver Schools’ ‘Pay for Performance’ System

On Monday, the Denver Classroom Teachers Association (DCTA) went on strike, the latest in a series of teacher strikes that have erupted across the country over the past year. While Denver teachers ... read more

Denver's Teacher Strike Puts Pay-For-Performance In The Spotlight

The big issues are teacher pay and the district’s ProComp pay-for-performance system ... role in their schools—but, following on the contours of earlier strikes, Denver makes emphatically clear that ... read more

“Performance pay” plan for teachers in Jeffco schools (2 letters)

And many of us agree that it sounds good, even though there is not any conclusive research that indicates pay-for-performance models in education improve student achievement. The much ... school ... read more

Denver Teachers to Strike Over Merit-Pay System

While the majority of teachers in Denver supported the school district’s performance-pay model ... The ProComp system at the heart of the strike has been heralded by experts as a groundbreaking ... read more

Denver teachers are next to take to the picket line

We have to be honest about these inexact pay-for-performance models: They blame teachers for students’ underachievement as much ... not a means to get higher pay – as it is now under the ProComp ... read more

There’s Not Much Performance in Denver Schools’ ‘Pay for Performance’ System

Signs at a rally as public school teachers strike for a second day in Denver, Colo., Feb. 12, 2019. (Michael Ciaglo/Reuters) Media coverage of the Denver teachers’ strike has gotten the story wrong ... read more

Denver teachers, district discord rooted in complicated ProComp bonus system

At the core of the compensation battle between Denver Public Schools district officials ... for its unique mission to pay teachers based on their performance rather than just the typical seniority and ... read more

Denver teachers are next to take to the picket line

What is creating an impasse is the taxpayer-funded Denver Public Schools’ Professional Compensation, a pay-for-performance ... there is a reason why most districts have a ladder system based on ... read more

Denver teacher strike revealed US divide over bonus pay

The system ... performance of low-income students. It says it also needs to honor the will of voters to spend tax revenue worth about $33 million a year on incentive pay. "There is not one school ... read more

Model Plan of Merit Pay in Ferment

Denver’s performance-pay ... the system does not appear to be operating as it should. “We know it is not affecting behavior as we had expected it to, and every year that goes by makes it that much ... read more