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Direct linkSpringer, Matthew G.; Taylor, Lori L. – Journal of Education Finance, 2016
Pay-for-performance is a popular public education reform, but there is little evidence about the characteristics of a well-designed incentive pay plan for teachers. Some of the literature suggests that effective incentive plans must offer relatively large awards to induce behavioral changes. On the other hand, the experimental economics literature…
Descriptors: Incentives, Public School Teachers, Preferences, Behavior Change
Team Pay for Performance: Experimental Evidence from the Round Rock Pilot Project on Team Incentives
Springer, Matthew G.; Pane, John F.; Le, Vi-Nhuan; McCaffrey, Daniel F.; Burns, Susan Freeman; Hamilton, Laura S.; Stecher, Brian – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2012
Education policymakers have shown increased interest in incentive programs for teachers based on the outcomes of their students. This article examines a program in which bonuses were awarded to teams of middle school teachers based on their collective contribution to student test score gains. The study employs a randomized controlled trial to…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Educational Experiments, Merit Pay, Rewards
