In 2015, a new performance-related pay scheme was introduced for schoolteachers in Italy as part of education accountability policies aimed at improving their performance. Beginning in that year, all Italian state school principals were offered the opportunity to distribute wage bonuses to deserving teachers. During the first year of implementation, 82 percent of the schools appointed ad hoc internal committees and distributed the bonuses, on average to one teacher out of three. A large majority of schools distributed the funds internally, choosing their own criteria for defining what merit was and how much it should be prized. Results suggest that merit pay was mostly uncorrelated to students’ achievements, although more than one round of application would be required for more rigorous tests. However, the article argues that the 2015 reform aligned the Italian system of evaluation and assessment with other international accountability policies.

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2015-2016 年意大利教师绩效工资：教育问责制的新制度？

2015 年，意大利为教师推出了一项新的绩效相关薪酬计划，作为旨在提高教师绩效的教育问责政策的一部分。从那年开始，所有意大利公立学校校长都有机会向优秀教师发放工资奖金。在实施的第一年，82% 的学校任命了特设内部委员会并将奖金平均分配给了三分之一的教师。大多数学校在内部分配资金，选择他们自己的标准来定义什么是优点以及应该奖励多少。结果表明，绩效工资大多与学生的成绩无关，尽管更严格的测试需要多于一轮的申请。然而，