Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1984

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Abstract

The purpose of this investigation was to examine whether the perceptions of school board members, superintendents, instructional administrators, and personnel administrators were non-supportive or supportive of merit pay. The attitudes toward the study topic were sought through a survey instrument. Three hundred seventy-six respondents provided replies to the survey instrument; a 74 percent return. Descriptive analyses, Scheffe's F-test, and Cramer's V were used to test the direction and significance of response. The findings of the study indicate that the perceptions of Florida public school policy makers and administrators toward merit pay for instructional personnel are mildly non-supportive. The study concluded with two recommendations for further research: (1) A longitudinal study should be initiated to examine the effects of teacher merit pay on a specific population over a sufficient period of time, and (2) survey groups likely to hold distinct attitudes toward merit pay (i.e., teacher, legislators) should be included in the survey population.

Extent

170 p.

Comments

Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1984.|Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1984.

Identifier

FADT11856

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