Students Paid For Test Results
Schools are under pressure to produce better test scores and an Albany, N.Y., area school is trying cold cash as a student motivator. "We were thinking about ways to motivate kids and we thought, 'Hey, how about money,'" says Gary Comley, Mont Pleasant Middle School principal. Comley's plan is to offer $50 to students who pass New York state's eighth grade English and math tests, the Albany Times Union reports. The principal says some parents were appalled when he pitched the idea at a parents/teachers meeting. "Others were like, 'Why? This is their job. They should get paid for it,'" he says
Schools are under pressure to produce better test scores and an Albany, N.Y., area school is trying cold cash as a student motivator. "We were thinking about ways to motivate kids and we thought, 'Hey, how about money,'" says Gary Comley, Mont Pleasant Middle School principal. Comley's plan is to offer $50 to students who pass New York state's eighth grade English and math tests, the Albany Times Union reports. The principal says some parents were appalled when he pitched the idea at a parents/teachers meeting. "Others were like, 'Why? This is their job. They should get paid for it,'" he says
Charles Mims
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