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Bacharach, Samuel B.; And Others – 1984
President Reagan's promotion of merit pay as the main vehicle of educational change has prompted a sharp debate. This monograph presents arguments for and against merit pay and assesses its relative worth as a means of improving American education. First, merit pay is defined as a compensation system linking individual teachers' salaries to…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Compensation (Remuneration), Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education