Which of the Following States About Merit Pay Is NOT

question 24

Multiple Choice

Which of the following states about merit pay is NOT true?

• A)Merit pay may not be the main factor in recruiting and retention
• B)Teachers may abandon their creativity in order to comply with the set standards
• C)Merit pay is not a substitution for an adequate salary scale
• D)An unbiased operational definition of merit has been established
• E)none of the above

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