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Download full textBlaschke, Charles L. – 1973
This speech discusses the planning for and the implementation of the O.E.O. performance contracting experiments. The author argues that it was not performance contracting, but the O.E.O. experiment which failed. The author blames this failure not so much on the poor evaluation design, but rather on the number of interface problems which arose…
Descriptors: Educational Experiments, Evaluation Methods, Incentives, Performance Contracts
Office of Economic Opportunity, Washington, DC. Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation. – 1972
This report describes the methodology and results of the "incentives only" experiments at Mesa, Arizona and at Stockton, California. The incentives only experiment -- one facet of the performance contracting experiment -- involved contracting to provide incentives to teachers and students, rather than contracting with particular private technology…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Educational Experiments, Incentives, Mathematics Education
Page, Ellis B. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1972
Descriptors: Educational Experiments, Educational Psychology, Educational Theories, Learning Processes
Ray, H. W. – 1972
This report contains a description of the principal results and conclusions concerning the impact of educational performance contracting on student achievement in two school districts that subcontracted with its local educational association to test the use of incentives in regular classrooms. A related document is EA 004 441. (Author)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Educational Experiments, Incentives
Peer reviewedGramlich, Edward M.; Koshel, Patricia P. – Policy Analysis, 1975
An educational performance contracting project illustrates difficulties of satisfactory implementation as intended when examining climate for the experiment, its design and results, and problems of carrying out the project. (Author/ND)
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Experiments, Educational Innovation, Educational Programs
Office of Economic Opportunity, Washington, DC. Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation. – 1972
This report describes the experimental design, presents the contract provisions, and provides conclusions and recommendations. The document is comprised of five chapters that discuss (1) the statistical analysis methods used, (2) the problems of using standardized tests in performance contracting, (3) the contractual procedures between OEO and the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Experiments, Evaluation Methods
American Association of School Administrators, Washington, DC. – 1972
This report discusses the merits of performance contracting in the light of recent performance contract experiment evaluations, and it provides guidelines for administrators who are considering the use of performance contracts. The merits of the OEO experiment and the interpretation of the results by the OEO and the Rand Corporation are discussed.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Administrators
Hall, G. R.; And Others – 1972
This report is distilled from Rand's findings in previously reported research and from new research. It is addressed to school board members, administrators, and other educational decisionmakers who may be contemplating a performance contracting program. The guide follows the life cycle of a project and identifies the three major phases as…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Administrators, Decision Making, Educational Change
Levine, Donald M. – 1972
The Conference sought to provide a user-based and -oriented assessment of performance contracting for education. It focused on delineating the current interest in performance contracting, the technique's demonstrated strengths and weaknesses, and its potential as an alternative approach to school system resource allocation. Six commissioned papers…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Conference Reports, Cost Effectiveness, Costs
