$10M in limbo over teacher pay based on merit | GainesvilleTimes.com

Georgia could lose out on $9.9 million in Race to the Top grant money if it doesn’t implement merit-based pay for teachers by September 2015.

State leaders are now working on a compromise that would assure the federal government that merit-based pay will be implemented, even though it may happen after the grant timeline.

A letter from the federal government, addressed to Gov. Nathan Deal, noted the state’s proposed amendments to the original plan have been accepted, notably delaying the implementation of tests that will measure student growth and then be used as a way to evaluate teachers. This involves the addition of Student Learning Objective tests in classrooms that are not already tested with an End of Course Test or Criterion-Referenced Competency Test.

Hall County Schools Superintendent Will Schofield said the delay is “good news” for the school districts as they continue to work on the new evaluation system.

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