D.C. principals' salaries to be based on evaluations

DC Public Schools is planning to base principals’ and assistant principals’ salaries on their performance evaluations, a salary structure currently reserved for teachers and other school-based employees, schools officials said Thursday.

As part of a $62.3 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education, the school system will bump the administrators’ salaries by $2,000 to $5,000 when they earn high ratings on the Impact evaluation tool, which is informed by students’ test scores, teacher retention rates, engagement with families and leadership skills.