Pittsburgh Schools have not shown significant improvement as measured by the Annual Yearly Progress (AYP) assessment.
Superintendent Mark Roosevelt felt the "slow improvement" of Pittsburgh Schools also required some other big changes, starting at the top. Pittsburgh Schools will institute a district wide administrator training and management plan called the Pittsburgh Urban Leadership System for Excellence (PULSE). If the grant is approved, the traditional step increases Pittsburgh Principals are used to will be replaced by a $2000 increase in base pay.
Pittsburgh Schools initiated the pay for performance plan last year with the principals of the eight new accelerated learning academies. Pittsburgh Schools have shown very small, very slow, improvement in meeting the AYP targets.
Is the pay for performance plan the answer? Pittsburgh Schools is one of many urban districts to grapple with the issues of meeting rising academic standards. Grading principals may be the most notable reform Pittsburgh Schools institute this year.
Will Grading Principal Improve Pittsburgh Schools?
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