Monday, September 18, 2017

Hoboken Board of Education- Tuesday, September 12, 2017 Full Agenda


One item of particular interest resonated...If administrators are willing to accept bonuses for students doing well on state testing, are they willing to take salary deductions for under-performing state testing performance as well?

Item 9.16 is the Approval of Performance Based Bonuses in Accordance with Administrators and Supervisors Contracts for raising PARCC scores.

 Recommended Action RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation of the Superintendent and in accordance with Article 18 of the Agreement between the Hoboken Board of Education and the Hoboken Administrators Association, approves a payment to the following administrators for the attainment of the following goals:

 Administrator 1 (identified on Agenda)
By June 2017, Hoboken Middle School will increase the number of regular education students testing at level4 and level 5 by 30% on the Grade 7 and Grade 8 Math PARCC assessment administered in Spring 2017.

 Administrator 2 (identified on Agenda)
By June 2017, Hoboken Middle School will increase the number of students testing at level 4 and level 5 by30% on the ELA PARCC assessment administered in Spring 2017.By June 2017, Hoboken High School will increase the number of students testing at level 4 and level 5 by30% on the ELA PARCC assessment administered in Spring 2017.

 Administrator 3 (identified on Agenda)
To improve the student achievement in English Language Arts for sixth grade students so that there is a proficiency rate (students performing at a level 4 or 5) of 41.7% on the PARCC ELA test.

 Administrator 4 (identified on Agenda)
By June 2017, there will be a 5% increase in the school-wide (3rd - 6th) Mathematics proficiency level onPARCC.By June 2017, the current 4th grade ELA Average Scale score will increase by at least 5 points to 746.


 There are few things more potentially problematic than linking increased high stakes test scores to economic bonuses for administrators. It sets up a whole series of potential problems. Aren't administrators and supervisors already there to have students perform as well as possible? What is the purpose of an economic incentive? What will administrators and supervisors do now that they weren't doing before? 

Here's how to do it right: CLICK HERE
Here' is why performance pay for test scores is problematic: CLICK HERE  



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