An advanced degree and multiple years of teaching experience don’t necessarily make for a better teacher. A new study from the Tennessee Department of Education shows teachers with these qualities, which traditionally increase their salaries, don’t create better student achievement than teachers without them do.
“Previous research has consistently shown there is little to no correlation between teacher graduate degrees and effectiveness” as measured by what children learn in a school year, said Kelli Gauthier, a Tennessee Department of Education spokeswoman. ”Similarly, research has shown that teacher effectiveness is not correlated with experience after the first five years in the classroom. This study reinforces those results. We have highly effective teachers who have master’s degrees and highly effective teachers who do not. We have highly effective teachers with many years of classroom experience and highly effective teachers with relatively few years in the classroom.”…..The common practice of tying salary hikes to advanced degrees and extra college credits means “teachers tend to take the fastest, cheapest route to earning a master's degree,” ……To Read More…..
My Take – So then, if we have known this for so many years why is it that contracts are being signed that allow teachers to get raises for merely getting an advanced degree with no additional responsibility? Good question……Don’t you think?
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