Xavier Aptitude Test 2014 Paper

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Question : 37 of 103

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Consider merit pay for teachers. Schools face constant pressure to change their management approaches to improve performance, which is usually assessed by standardized reading, math, and science scores. In most schools teachers’ pay is determined by seniority, years of total teaching experience, and credentials. Pay is rarely based on performance, which is contrary to the belief among parents and private sector. Parents and business leaders lament that there are no carrot/sticks used to motivate teachers. Consequently, there has been greater push to implement some form of merit pay to improve the motivation.
Which of the following statements will disprove the claim of the parents and business leaders?

A recent study suggested that teachers arc self- motivated.
Teachers are largely motivated, by financial incentives; so pay for performance will induce greater and more effective effort.
Learning cannot be measured reliably and accurately by a lest given once a year.
Teaching is a solo-activity, there is a little interdependence with other co-curricular and extra- curricular activities in the school.
To err is human. And hence stick should be used to reduce errors.

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