Reply #40: To improve education, or at least the part dealing with the instructors,

[Honeycombe8]

the plan for improvement must be tied to performance. As opposed to simply requiring this, or requiring that. There must be some gauge of the instructors' performances over a period of time. It doesn't necessarily have to be a test, but it could be. It could also simply be statistics showing improvement in drop-out rates, or college attendance rates, etc.

Teachers quite naturally, just like the rest of us, would not be in favor of plans examining their performance, if they don't have to have such a plan. I get evaluated every year, sometimes fairly, sometimes unfairly. My raise (if any) is based on those evaluations, as well as hours billed (I bill for my time). If I had MY way, I'd get a raise every year based on my tenure, attendance, ability to get along with others, etc. I suppose that's human nature.

In the business world, businesses tend to improve their employees' performances by tying it to performance evaluations of one sort or another.