[Silver Persian Mom]

If students are only tested in reading in 5th and 8th grade, and 8th grade reading scores go up, should the 6th and 7th grade reading teachers get bonuses, or just the 8th grade teachers?

Good point. The only way to accurately assess which teachers are really earning the bonus is to compare test scores from year to year of each of the students, summing the cumulative the next gain or loss of all students in one teacher's class. This would actually be a quite simple software program.

But of course, the education PTB really don't want to reward successful teachers - they want the status quo. And I'm guessing that the most successful teachers are NOT those in lock-step with the unions or liberal agenda in the schools. Just the opposite.

[Amelia]

But of course, the education PTB really don't want to reward successful teachers - they want the status quo. And I'm guessing that the most successful teachers are NOT those in lock-step with the unions or liberal agenda in the schools. Just the opposite.

Yes, that's why this is news.