Florida joins performance-based pay.First it was Denver Denver, city (1990 pop. 467,610), alt. 5,280 ft (1,609 m), state capital, coextensive with Denver co., N central Colo., on a plateau at the foot of the Front Range of the Rocky Mts., along the South Platte River where Cherry Creek meets it; inc. 1861. , then Houston and now Florida will tie public school teachers' pay to student performance on standardized tests A standardized test is a test administered and scored in a standard manner. The tests are designed in such a way that the "questions, conditions for administering, scoring procedures, and interpretations are consistent" [1] . Beginning next year, both the base salaries and annual bonuses will be partially linked to student improvement on tests--a move that the state Board of Education approved but which is expected to face legal challenges, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. The Miami Herald. Officials in both Miami-Dade and Broward counties say they would be unable to meet the state's June 15 deadline, which requires the districts and unions to completely rebuild salary systems that have long been based on a teacher's education and years of experience. "There is no way we can get that completed in time," says Ofelia San Pedro, deputy superintendent Deputy Superintendent, or Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), was a rank used by police forces of the British Empire. In some territories it was called Deputy District Superintendent of Police (DDSP). of the Miami-Dade district. |
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