1. The Price of Education

2. The act of basing teacher pay on their students’ performance will have resounding negative effects on the students, teachers, the education system, and American society as a whole.

3. Effects on Students Emphasis on standardized tests by teachers
Increased pressure
Unrealistic expectations
Not prepared for college and the real world
Fewer scholarships

4. Effects on Teachers
Poor teachers will profit from the accomplishments of predecessors
Strong teachers will be penalized by the shortcomings of predecessors
Penalized for rampant student apathy

5. The Education System
Payment system makes education look less appealing
Fewer elementary, middle, and high school teachers lead to shortage
Decline in the quality of education as a whole