“Pay for Performance” has made inroads in business but has remained a hard sell in public school systems. There are some successful examples where teacher pay has been linked to student test scores. In Minnesota, some districts have stopped giving automatic raises for seniority and base 60% of all pay increases on performance. In Denver, unions and school districts designed an incentive program where teachers receive bonuses for student achievement and for earning national teaching certificates. However, some plans have not worked. For example, Cincinnati teachers voted against a merit pay proposal and Philadelphia teachers gave their bonus checks to charity rather than cashing them. It appears that having teachers involved in planning the incentive system is one key factor to success. The same can be said for all incentive plans – if employees do not buy into them, they will not work.

Paper Title: Pay for Performance Controversial

Research Paper Instructions:

Your paper may be based on a business entity of your choosing from the public or private sector and must answer the following three points. They become Level One Headings.

1. Identify how an organization could measure the effectiveness of their pay-for-performance plans. Provide examples to support your ideas or concepts.

2. Discuss the disadvantages of using a pay-for-performance plan from an employee’s perspective

3. Discuss the disadvantages of using a pay-for-performance plan from an employer’s perspective.

Research Paper Check List:

• APA Template used

• Title Page correct

• Abstract is included

• Introduction included

• The body of the paper addresses the main points of your discussion

• Conclusion included

• Reference page correct and required three sources are listed

• Paper is atleast 3 pages in length not counting the title, Abstract, and reference pages.