Question

A current debate in education is whether teachers should be paid on a standard pay scale based solely upon their years of training and teaching experience, or whether part of their salary should be based upon their performance (called "merit pay"). Why might merit pay be desirable?

a. Merit pay will benefit the most-educated teachers.
b. Merit pay provides an incentive for teachers to work harder.
c. Merit pay will reward those teachers who have been teaching the longest.
d. Teachers who are very devoted to their work might be opposed to a system of merit pay.

Answer 1

The correct answer is letter "B": Merit pay provides an incentive for teachers to work harder.

Step-by-step explanation:

The "merit pay" would allow teachers' to have access to better payments according to their performances. There must be a set of rules well established that determine if teachers are doing their job well or not. For those with lower ratings, the "merit pay" could represent an incentive to take a look at their daily labor activities to improve them so they can also access to higher income.