A bill to provide incentives for states to establish and administer periodic teacher testing and merit pay programs for elementary school and secondary teachers.
Measures to Encourage Results in Teaching Act of 1998 - Amends title II (Dwight D. Eisenhower Professional Development Program) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a new part D (State Incentives for Teacher Testing and Merit Pay).
Directs the Secretary of Education to make an award to each State that: (1) administers a test to each elementary school and secondary school teacher in the State, with respect to the subjects taught by the teacher, every three to five years; and (2) has an elementary school and secondary school teacher compensation system based on merit.
Allows States to use Federal education funds for teacher testing and merit pay programs.
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9594-9595)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
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