The Denver Post – Yesenia Robles
“Colorado’s three largest school districts are pushing to reform the way they pay teachers based on new measures of performance despite disputes with unions and mixed data about what it achieves. The nationally watched school districts in Denver and Douglas and Jefferson counties have been trying to reform their versions of performance-pay systems but have faced challenges that have landed in court. Following new state laws, districts have updated teacher evaluations, and officials want those pay systems tied to the evaluations — generally also closely tied to student test scores. In the process, collaboration that once existed between teachers and districts is crumbling, and the definition of performance pay has changed.”(more)