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ATTITUDES TOWARD MERIT PAY FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL: A SURVEY OF FLORIDA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICY MAKERS AND ADMINISTRATORS

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1984
Summary:
The purpose of this investigation was to examine whether the perceptions of school board members, superintendents, instructional administrators, and personnel administrators were non-supportive or supportive of merit pay. The attitudes toward the study topic were sought through a survey instrument. Three hundred seventy-six respondents provided replies to the survey instrument; a 74 percent return. Descriptive analyses, Scheffe's F-test, and Cramer's V were used to test the direction and significance of response. The findings of the study indicate that the perceptions of Florida public school policy makers and administrators toward merit pay for instructional personnel are mildly non-supportive. The study concluded with two recommendations for further research: (1) A longitudinal study should be initiated to examine the effects of teacher merit pay on a specific population over a sufficient period of time, and (2) survey groups likely to hold distinct attitudes toward merit pay (i.e., teacher, legislators) should be included in the survey population.
Title: ATTITUDES TOWARD MERIT PAY FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL: A SURVEY OF FLORIDA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICY MAKERS AND ADMINISTRATORS.
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Name(s): WIEGMAN, JOHN ROBERT
Florida Atlantic University, Degree Grantor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1984
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 170 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: The purpose of this investigation was to examine whether the perceptions of school board members, superintendents, instructional administrators, and personnel administrators were non-supportive or supportive of merit pay. The attitudes toward the study topic were sought through a survey instrument. Three hundred seventy-six respondents provided replies to the survey instrument; a 74 percent return. Descriptive analyses, Scheffe's F-test, and Cramer's V were used to test the direction and significance of response. The findings of the study indicate that the perceptions of Florida public school policy makers and administrators toward merit pay for instructional personnel are mildly non-supportive. The study concluded with two recommendations for further research: (1) A longitudinal study should be initiated to examine the effects of teacher merit pay on a specific population over a sufficient period of time, and (2) survey groups likely to hold distinct attitudes toward merit pay (i.e., teacher, legislators) should be included in the survey population.
Identifier: 11856 (digitool), FADT11856 (IID), fau:8779 (fedora)
Note(s): Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1984.
Subject(s): Bonuses (Employee fringe benefits)--Education
School administrators--Florida--Attitudes
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