Chicago's first.Chicago Chicago, city, United States Chicago (shĭkä`gō, shĭkô`gō), city (1990 pop. 2,783,726), seat of Cook co., NE Ill., on Lake Michigan; inc. 1837. Public Schools' teacher incentive fund, linking teachers' pay to improved student test scores, beginning fall 2007, will be among the nation's biggest merit pay Noun 1. merit pay - extra pay awarded to an employee on the basis of merit (especially to school teachers) pay, remuneration, salary, wage, earnings - something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all systems. It's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have the first time the district has experimented with the controversial idea of paying teachers more money for improved student achievement. Chicago, which is the largest district implementing this, has so far received the largest grant, $27.5 million, from the U.S. Department of Education. But 15 other districts are receiving grants from the government as well. This is part of President Bush's plan to design a performance-based teacher and principal compensation system in high-needs, high-poverty schools. Meanwhile, 50 Texas schools have rejected re·ject tr.v. re·ject·ed, re·ject·ing, re·jects 1. To refuse to accept, submit to, believe, or make use of. 2. To refuse to consider or grant; deny. 3. state grants to establish such merit pay programs. |
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