Many factors outside the classroom affect student learning. How does TAP provide teachers with equal opportunity to earn bonuses?
TAP is based on the premise that all children can learn, regardless of external factors and socioeconomic conditions. We believe, and research confirms, that teachers are the most important school-related factor that influences student achievement. Therefore, in TAP, a part of teacher performance pay is based on student performance. We measure student performance based on the achievement gains (i.e., value-added) a student makes over time [i.e., during the school year] rather than a snapshot of his/her performance on a standardized test. This means that regardless of where their students start the year academically, teachers are evaluated and rewarded based upon how much their students improve, not by how high they score on standardized tests. The use of student achievement gains is only one of several determinants of TAP teacher bonuses. Both the academic gains of the individual teacher’s students and the academic gains of the entire student body are counted in the teacher’s performan
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