| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立政治大學 === 教育學類 === 84 === The performance-based pay plans that include merit pay plans and
career ladder plans have emerged as one approach to improving
the quality of teacher in America.Because of increasing
criticism of educational standards and alleged decline in
professional ability of teachers in our country,to base pay
onteachers''performance in America is a solution of our
educational problems.The three purposes of this study are (1) to
investigate the history,relational theories and contents of
performance-based pay plans ,(2) to review theeffects of
performance-based pay plans,and (3) to provide suggestions for
ourteachers'' education by the findings of this research.The
literature analysis reveal that (1) Performance-based pay plans
can improve the quality of teachers;(2) Performance-based pay
plans have some problems including the difficults of a valid
definition of performance,the issue of validity of using pay as
a motivator,the complaints against evaluation systems,and high
cost etc,;(3)Career ladder plans which utilize the idea of
career ladder that teacher canatuain higher pay and higher
professional status will be the currently popular proposals of
performance-based pay plans.The study yield a set of
recommendations for the design of performance-based pay
plans:(1) The purposes of plans are to make decisions about the
retention,transfer,or dismissal of staff members and to help
teachers about professional growth;(2) Good performance need be
clearly studied and realized;(3) The reward system canmotivate
teacher;(4) Teacher career ladders must be established;(5)The
systemof evaluation is reliable and valid;(6)Legislature,teacher
and others involvedsupport the plans;(7) The school-based in-
service education system must be established;(8) Let teachers
involve in making decisions about school;(9)other administrative
policies are used.
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