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Merit pay -- a poll

Should Florida start a merit pay system for teachers, who would be graded in large part on their students' performance on standardized tests?

Yes. We need a better way of judging teachers, and merit pay would establish a tangible way of grading them.

No. Judging teachers based on student test scores is unfair and does not begin to measure their impact and performance in the classroom.

Maybe -- if teachers' unions and school administrators can agree on a system that is fair and rational.