Education in the third world; satisfaction of the students’ parents and guardians?

The borough of Las Condes (an up-market area of Santiago, capital of Chile) will implement a system next year to reward teachers with a bonus of as much as 100 percent of their salary if they meet proposed goals.


The bonus will be calculated based on four factors: satisfaction of the students’ parents and guardians, standardized test results for both the Simce and PSU, and supervisor evaluations.





Would this idea work here?

Education in the third world; satisfaction of the students’ parents and guardians?
Perhaps. But here would be the problems I foresee:





1. Parental satisfaction. One of the woes that I've seen in the U.S. is lack of parental involvement in schools. Sometimes this is due to lack of interest, sometimes due to too little time from working parents to volunteer, etc. and be involved with the school. I don't know if this would work out to be a good measure then - or if a lot of parents would even respond.





2. Standardized test results: There's already a problem in this country of rote memorization being promoted so children will pass the tests - but not necessarily learn anything.





3. Supervisor evaluations: Evaluated by whom? Or just by the scores? This actually brings up an overall issue: By what standard are ANY of these criteria to be set?





I'm thinking this could work, but more specifics would need to be hammered out before it could be implemented. At any rate, it would be better than nothing, or whatever system we have now, where students just keep slipping through the cracks.
Reply:No
Reply:Of course. Really nice idea!
Reply:good incentive for teachers but the plan may have some flaws as to the way it is implemented. i think that the teachers might take adavantage of the bonus and it may reflect in their teaching style. they may be preocupied with getting to that goal no matter what.





but overall seems like a good idea. hope the plan works out well!
Reply:It sounds like more bureaucracy to me. When were students ever satisfied. No I don't like the idea.
Reply:no because labour want a communist state