Not a single teacher on this forum has suggested he or she is against some merit-based pay. Remarkable how far from the truth the popular meme "teachers oppose progressive reform" really is. We're critical of outsiders who haven't spent a day behind a teacher's desk trying to determine the process. Just look at Saz trying to push an incremental increase in passing rates every year. That will only make teachers teach even more to the basics and test. Good job.
Yeah, we teachers secretly loathe accountability and desire student performance to flat-line. Ooga-booga.