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	<title>Comments on: Paying teachers for high student test scores is BAD policy</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Andrew Churches</title>
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		<dc:creator>Andrew Churches</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Wesley,

This is a policy fraught with disaster. I know of a head of department who gives people he dislikes poor classes how will they fare? What of classes that may be streamed into ability groups? This is a policy that potentially marginalises the poor or weaker student, that creates a have and have not with teachers. It does not encourage good teaching and sets a tone of failure and underachievement. 
It will also act to ensure that lower decile schools struggle to attract and retain good teachers, accentuating the problem and amplifying the failure.

Andrew</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Wesley,</p>
<p>This is a policy fraught with disaster. I know of a head of department who gives people he dislikes poor classes how will they fare? What of classes that may be streamed into ability groups? This is a policy that potentially marginalises the poor or weaker student, that creates a have and have not with teachers. It does not encourage good teaching and sets a tone of failure and underachievement.<br />
It will also act to ensure that lower decile schools struggle to attract and retain good teachers, accentuating the problem and amplifying the failure.</p>
<p>Andrew</p>
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