Teacher Performance Pay: A Review. Working Paper 2006-01

Autor/inn/en	Podgursky, Michael J.; Springer, Matthew G.
Institution	Vanderbilt University, National Center on Performance Incentives
Titel	Teacher Performance Pay: A Review. Working Paper 2006-01
Quelle	(2006), (47 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Teacher Effectiveness; Incentives; Achievement Gains; Academic Achievement; Program Effectiveness; Educational History; Merit Pay; Research Needs; Educational Research; Literature Reviews; Program Evaluation; Awards; Teacher Motivation; Public Education; Teacher Salaries; Educational Change; Federal Programs; Federal Aid; Policy Analysis; Program Descriptions; Grants; Program Design; Program Implementation; State Programs; Compensation (Remuneration); Educational Policy; Educational Finance; Public School Teachers; Teacher Evaluation; Evaluation Criteria; Salary Wage Differentials; Recruitment; Labor Turnover; Teacher Persistence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Anreiz; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Schulleistung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Leistungszulage; Forschungsbedarf; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Award; Auszeichnung; Öffentliche Erziehung; Lehrerbesoldung; Lehrervergütung; Bildungsreform; Politikfeldanalyse; Grant; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Programme design; Programmaufbau; Programmplanung; Regierungsprogramm; Abfindung; Kompensation; Lohnausgleich; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsfonds; Teacher appraisal; Lehrerbeurteilung; Recruiting; Rekrutierung
Abstract	In this paper we examine the research literature on teacher performance pay. Evidence clearly suggests an upsurge of interest in many states and school districts; however, expanded use of performance pay has been controversial. We briefly review the history of teacher pay policy in the U.S. and earlier cycles of interest in merit or performance-based pay. We review various critiques of its use in K-12 education and several strands of empirical research that are useful in considering its likely impact. The direct evaluation literature on incentive plans is slender, focused on short-run motivational effects, and highly diverse in terms of methodology, targeted populations, and programs evaluated. Nonetheless, it is fairly consistent in finding positive program effects, although it is not at present sufficiently robust to prescribe how systems should be designed--for example, optimal size of bonuses, mix of individual versus group incentives. It is sufficiently promising to support more extensive field trials and policy experiments in combination with careful follow-up evaluations. Since a growing body of research finds substantial variation in teacher effectiveness as measured by student achievement gains, future evaluations need to pay particular attention to the effect of these programs on the composition of the teaching workforce. (Contains 4 tables, 1 figure and 21 footnotes.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	National Center on Performance Incentives. Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, PMB #43, 230 Appleton Place, Nashville, TN 37203. Tel: 615-322-5538; Fax: 615-322-6018; e-mail: ncpi@vanderbilt.edu; Web site: http://www.performanceincentives.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10