The Effect of Performance Pay in Little Rock, Arkansas on Student Achievement. Research Brief

Autor/inn/en	Winters, Marcus; Greene, Jay; Ritter, Gary; Marsh, Ryan
Institution	Vanderbilt University, National Center on Performance Incentives
Titel	The Effect of Performance Pay in Little Rock, Arkansas on Student Achievement. Research Brief
Quelle	(2008), (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	Weitere Informationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Teaching Methods; Merit Pay; Incentives; Student Improvement; Scores; Elementary Education; Teacher Salaries; Mathematics Achievement; Reading Achievement; Language Skills; Achievement Gains; Arkansas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Leistungszulage; Anreiz; Elementarunterricht; Lehrerbesoldung; Lehrervergütung; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Leseleistung; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung
Abstract	This paper examines evidence from a performance-pay program implemented in five Little Rock, Arkansas elementary schools between 2004 and 2007. Using a differences-in-differences approach, the evidence shows that students whose teachers were eligible for performance pay made substantially larger test score gains in math, reading, and language than students taught by untreated teachers. Further, there is a negative relationship between the average performance of a teacher's students the year before treatment began and the additional gains made after treatment. That is, performance-pay in Little Rock appears to have improved student achievement and to have done so more for students of teachers who were previously less effective at producing learning gains. [This research brief describes work published by the National Center on Performance Incentives in "The Effect of Performance Pay in Little Rock, Arkansas on Student Achievement," by Marcus Winters, Jay P. Greene, Gary Ritter, and Ryan Marsh, Working Paper 2008-02.] (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