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Performance incentives : their growing impact on American K-12 education / Matthew G. Springer, editor.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2009.Description: vii, 336 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0815780796
  • 081578080X
  • 9780815780793
  • 9780815780809
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LB2842.22 P474 2009
Contents:
1. Rethinking teacher compensation policies : why now, why again? / Matthew G. Springer -- Part One, Perspectives on Teacher Compensation Reform -- 2. The politics of teacher pay reform / Dan Goldhaber -- 3. A legal perspective on teacher compensation reform / James E. Ryan -- 4. A market-based perspective on teacher compensation reform / Michael Podgursky -- 5. The influence of scholarship and experience in other fields on teacher compensation reform / Richard Rothstein -- Part Two, Incentive System Design and Measurement -- 6. Turning student test scores into teacher compensation systems / Daniel F. McCaffrey, Bing Han, and J.R. Lockwood -- 7. Designing incentive systems for schools / Derek Neal -- 8. The performance of highly effective teachers in different school environments / William L. Sanders, S. Paul Wright, and Warren E. Langevin -- 9. Teacher-designed performance-pay plans in Texas / Lori L. Taylor, Matthew G. Springer, and Mark Ehlert -- Part Three, Informing Teacher Incentive Policies -- 10. Teacher salary bonuses in North Carolina / Jacob L. Vigdor -- 11. Teacher effectiveness, mobility, and attrition in Florida / Martin R. West and Matthew M. Chingos -- 12. Student outcomes and teacher productivity and perceptions in Arkansas / Marcus A. Winters...[et. al.] -- 13. Teacher incentives in the developing world / Paul Glewwe, Alaka Holla, and Michael Kremer.
Summary: "Offers an analysis of the promise and controversy around teacher pay for performance. Identifies potential strengths and weaknesses of performance-driven compensation policies and addresses key conceptual and implementation issues that have dominated the debate surrounding teacher compensation as an avenue for school reform"--Provided by publisher.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks LB2842.22 .P47 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001267847

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Rethinking teacher compensation policies : why now, why again? / Matthew G. Springer -- Part One, Perspectives on Teacher Compensation Reform -- 2. The politics of teacher pay reform / Dan Goldhaber -- 3. A legal perspective on teacher compensation reform / James E. Ryan -- 4. A market-based perspective on teacher compensation reform / Michael Podgursky -- 5. The influence of scholarship and experience in other fields on teacher compensation reform / Richard Rothstein -- Part Two, Incentive System Design and Measurement -- 6. Turning student test scores into teacher compensation systems / Daniel F. McCaffrey, Bing Han, and J.R. Lockwood -- 7. Designing incentive systems for schools / Derek Neal -- 8. The performance of highly effective teachers in different school environments / William L. Sanders, S. Paul Wright, and Warren E. Langevin -- 9. Teacher-designed performance-pay plans in Texas / Lori L. Taylor, Matthew G. Springer, and Mark Ehlert -- Part Three, Informing Teacher Incentive Policies -- 10. Teacher salary bonuses in North Carolina / Jacob L. Vigdor -- 11. Teacher effectiveness, mobility, and attrition in Florida / Martin R. West and Matthew M. Chingos -- 12. Student outcomes and teacher productivity and perceptions in Arkansas / Marcus A. Winters...[et. al.] -- 13. Teacher incentives in the developing world / Paul Glewwe, Alaka Holla, and Michael Kremer.

"Offers an analysis of the promise and controversy around teacher pay for performance. Identifies potential strengths and weaknesses of performance-driven compensation policies and addresses key conceptual and implementation issues that have dominated the debate surrounding teacher compensation as an avenue for school reform"--Provided by publisher.

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