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Adkins, Gary A. – 1983
During the 1920's merit pay became the most preferred system of teacher compensation; however, today fewer than 4 percent of the school systems in the United States use merit pay plans. The National Education Association suggests that merit pay is a "bogus issue" obscuring more significant areas of education needing reform, and the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Merit Pay, National Surveys