Abstract
Teacher salary scales from a target district are compared with those from six groups of comparable districts to provide a quantitative basis from which to assess self-serving bias in the selection of comparison districts. Comparison districts are used to gauge salary equity during contract negotiations. Salary data were extracted for three salary columns (bachelor’s, master’s, and master’s plus 30 credits) from the 2014–15 Massachusetts teacher contracts from forty-eight districts. Comparison district groups were formed using six methods: three single-criterion and three multiple-criteria. Implications for selecting methods are also discussed.
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Murray, Margaret A.
(2016)
"Equitable Compensation: Quantifying the Salary Differences of Comparison Communities,"
New England Journal of Public Policy: Vol. 28:
Iss.
2, Article 6.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/nejpp/vol28/iss2/6
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