The study of performance-based pay plans in America

• Main Authors: Wang, Yueh-Feng, 王月鳳
• Other Authors: 黃炳煌
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 1996
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/91707693312492194333

碩士 === 國立政治大學 === 教育學類 === 84 === The performance-based pay plans that include merit pay plans and career ladder plans have emerged as one approach to improving the quality of teacher in America.Because of increasing criticism of educational standards and alleged decline in professional ability of teachers in our country,to base pay onteachers''performance in America is a solution of our educational problems.The three purposes of this study are (1) to investigate the history,relational theories and contents of performance-based pay plans ,(2) to review theeffects of performance-based pay plans,and (3) to provide suggestions for ourteachers'' education by the findings of this research.The literature analysis reveal that (1) Performance-based pay plans can improve the quality of teachers;(2) Performance-based pay plans have some problems including the difficults of a valid definition of performance,the issue of validity of using pay as a motivator,the complaints against evaluation systems,and high cost etc,;(3)Career ladder plans which utilize the idea of career ladder that teacher canatuain higher pay and higher professional status will be the currently popular proposals of performance-based pay plans.The study yield a set of recommendations for the design of performance-based pay plans:(1) The purposes of plans are to make decisions about the retention,transfer,or dismissal of staff members and to help teachers about professional growth;(2) Good performance need be clearly studied and realized;(3) The reward system canmotivate teacher;(4) Teacher career ladders must be established;(5)The systemof evaluation is reliable and valid;(6)Legislature,teacher and others involvedsupport the plans;(7) The school-based in- service education system must be established;(8) Let teachers involve in making decisions about school;(9)other administrative policies are used.