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S 2422 105th Congress Senate

Measures to Encourage Results in Teaching Act of 1998

Official title: A bill to provide incentives for states to establish and administer periodic teacher testing and merit pay programs for elementary school and secondary teachers.

Introduced: July 31, 1998 See on congress.gov
Education Economics and Public FinanceElementary and secondary educationElementary educationEmployment tests
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Jul 31, 1998
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Jul 31, 1998
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9594-9595)
Jul 31, 1998
Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Measures to Encourage Results in Teaching Act of 1998 - Amends title II (Dwight D. Eisenhower Professional Development Program) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a new part D (State Incentives for Teacher Testing and Merit Pay).

Directs the Secretary of Education to make an award to each State that: (1) administers a test to each elementary school and secondary school teacher in the State, with respect to the subjects taught by the teacher, every three to five years; and (2) has an elementary school and secondary school teacher compensation system based on merit.

Allows States to use Federal education funds for teacher testing and merit pay programs.

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  • HR 4594 Identical bill Measures to Encourage Results in Teaching Act of 1998
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McConnell, Mitch
Kentucky · Jul 31, 1998
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2422: Measures to Encourage Results in Teaching Act of 1998. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-2422/
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