On the surface merit pay for teachers appears as a no brainer; still, how would it be determined?

             It is known that school administrators have favorite staff members because they don’t present burden the office with discipline problems, which does not automatically make them good facilitators of learning.

             Based on the number of ‘A’s in the class, but how does one determine “easy” ‘A’s as opposed to “hard” ‘A’s?

             Frequent classroom observations unduly absorbs time for other administrative tasks.

             Preference to teachers from prestigious universities in contrast to state teachers college.

             Parent and student input into assessment of a teacher.

             Unions partake the merit process.

             Measuring reward from year to year — what if a “superior” teacher happens to be assigned a “great” class one year and poor one the next resulting in frustrated teaching? Should the teacher lose his/her status?