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Teacher Incentive Allotment grows rapidly but adoption remains uneven, TEA says
Summary
TEA reported a jump in teachers designated under the Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA) and cited administrative hurdles and district workload as barriers to wider adoption.
The Teacher Incentive Allotment — a state program that directs extra funding to districts that run rigorous teacher evaluation and pay systems — has grown significantly since 2019 but remains adopted by a minority of districts, Texas Education Agency staff told the House Committee on Public Education.
Commissioner Mike Morath said the number of designated TIA teachers rose from about 4,000 soon after the law passed to roughly 25,000 statewide in the most recent year, spread across “597 districts that are ... in the pool right now.” He estimated the program covered less than 10% of the state's roughly 380,000 teachers in the current year.
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TIA links stronger, calibrated teacher evaluation…
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