Suppose that you are an advisor to the Governor of Michigan. The Governor is deciding on

her education policy initiatives and wants to propose some education policies. She has put forward

this proposal:

Change Michigan's accountability system from one where schools are evaluated based on the

percent of students who pass the state exams to one where the schools are evaluated based on

how much students' achievement improves each year (a growth-based system).

Is this proposal a good or bad idea and why? Would you recommend to go forward with the policy, not go forward with it, or suggest any changes?

Include a discussion of relevant research on class-size, teacher tenure and value-added, or teacher incentive pay and how it the findings relate to the proposed policy.