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Today's merit pay public records release is about the cozy relationship between @SASsoftware and @BESTNCorg, two driving forces behind the Pathways to Excellence teacher merit pay proposal.
#nced #ncpol #pepsc #ExperienceMatters4NC
#nced #ncpol #pepsc #ExperienceMatters4NC
SAS Software was founded by NC's richest individual James Goodnight. He continues to serve as its CEO and his wife Ann Goodnight is the company's Director of Community Relations.
SAS produces EVAAS, the controversial value-added software which claims to be able to determine exactly how much value a teacher adds to a student's learning by using a secret algorithm to analyze student performance on end-of-year standardized testing.
Today's merit pay public records release is a March 2022 email from marketing firm Eckel and Vaughan advising DPI, PEPSC, and the Human Capital Roundtable on how to spin the controversial Pathways to Excellence merit pay plan. #nced #ncpol #ExperienceMatters4NC 
At last Thursday's State Board of Education meeting, State Superintendent Catherine Truitt and State Board Chair Eric Davis delivered scripted remarks about Pathways to Excellence.
They spoke about our state's difficulty in attracting people to the teaching profession. They spoke about a bunch of teachers who are desperate for a way to climb the ladder without becoming administrators (really?)
