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Performance Incentives
Their Growing Impact on American K-12 Education
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About this book
The concept of pay for performance for public school teachers is growing in popularity and use, and it has resurged to once again occupy a central role in education policy. Performance Incentives: Their Growing Impact on American K-12 Education offers the most up-to-date and complete analysis of this promisingāyet still controversialāpolicy innovation.
Performance Incentives brings together an interdisciplinary team of experts, providing an unprecedented discussion and analysis of the pay-for-performance debate by
ā¢ Identifying the potential strengths and weaknesses of tying pay to student outcomes;
ā¢ Comparing different strategies for measuring teacher accomplishments;
ā¢ Addressing key conceptual and implemen - tation issues;
ā¢ Describing what teachers themselves think of merit pay;
ā¢ Examining recent examples in Arkansas, Florida, North Carolina, and Texas;
ā¢ Studying the overall impact on student achievement.
Performance Incentives brings together an interdisciplinary team of experts, providing an unprecedented discussion and analysis of the pay-for-performance debate by
ā¢ Identifying the potential strengths and weaknesses of tying pay to student outcomes;
ā¢ Comparing different strategies for measuring teacher accomplishments;
ā¢ Addressing key conceptual and implemen - tation issues;
ā¢ Describing what teachers themselves think of merit pay;
ā¢ Examining recent examples in Arkansas, Florida, North Carolina, and Texas;
ā¢ Studying the overall impact on student achievement.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Copyright Information
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Rethinking Teacher Compensation Policies: Why Now, Why Again?
- Part One: Perspectives on Teacher Compensation Reform
- The Politics of Teacher Pay Reform
- A Legal Perspective on Teacher Compensation Reform
- A Market-Based Perspective on Teacher Compensation Reform
- The Influence of Scholarship and Experience in Other Fields on Teacher Compensation Reform
- Part Two: Incentive System Design and Measurement
- Turning Student Test Scores into Teacher Compensation Systems
- Designing Incentive Systems for Schools
- The Performance of Highly Effective Teachers in Different School Environments
- Teacher-Designed Performance-Pay Plans in Texas
- Informing Teacher Incentive Policies
- Teacher Salary Bonuses in North Carolina
- Teacher Effectiveness, Mobility, and Attrition in Florida
- Student Outcomes and Teacher Productivity and Perceptions in Arkansas
- Teacher Incentives in the Developing World
- Contributors
- Index
- Back Cover