Teacher Merit Pay Initiative Set for Ballot

The Statesman Journal: Oregon teachers' salaries would be tied to their "classroom performance" under an initiative that won a spot on the November ballot. It is sure to spark a tough fight between teachers unions and the measure's sponsor, Bill Sizemore. The secretary of state's office said Tuesday the measure had enough valid petition signatures to qualify for the statewide ballot, despite complaints by a union-backed group that some of the signatures were forged. Election officials are investigating the complaint, though they said the measure nonetheless has qualified. The teacher merit-pay plan would tie teacher raises and job-security rights to loosely defined "classroom performance," instead of experience or seniority levels. Sizemore said he purposely left the wording of the measure open-ended, to deflect criticism about forcing educators to teach to the test. He said merit pay could be based on classroom testing but also include peer review, supervisor evaluations or demonstrated student improvement.

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