Teacher Incentives

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May 2, 2016

Not All Changes Are Equal: Assessing How Different Pension Policies Can Impact Teacher Retention

RAND researchers developed a dynamic retention model to estimate and analyze the relationship between different retirement benefit policies and retention over the career of Chicago public school teachers.
Research

May 2, 2016

Retirement Benefits and Teacher Retention: A Structural Modeling Approach

The authors develop and estimate a stochastic dynamic programming model to analyze the relationship between compensation, including retirement benefits, and retention over the career of Chicago public school teachers.
Research

Sep 29, 2014

Three Essays on Education Reform in the United States

Examines California's state education accountability reform and comprehensive reform to improve teacher and principal talent in high-poverty, low-performing schools.
Research Summary

Oct 4, 2012

Evaluating Efforts to Improve School Leadership: Challenges and Recommendations

Efforts to improve school leadership may improve student outcomes. Evaluators and policymakers should allow time for improvements to show, use multiple evaluation measures, and interpret findings carefully before applying them to others.
Expert Insights

Oct 4, 2012

Addressing Challenges in Evaluating School Principal Improvement Efforts

This report describes challenges that states, districts, and other entities can expect to encounter as they evaluate efforts targeting school leadership as a way to improve student outcomes and offers suggestions for dealing with those challenges.
Commentary

Aug 15, 2012

School Principals Respond to Performance-Based Evaluation System

It's fair to say the program turned out to be an important step for the district in the context of its overall reform plan considering how important high-quality school leadership is for improving teaching and learning, write Laura Hamilton and John Engberg.
Research Summary

Jul 2, 2012

Improving School Leadership Through the Pittsburgh Principal Incentive Program

A RAND Corporation report examines the Pittsburgh Principal Incentive Program's implementation, how principals have responded to the reforms, and what outcomes followed program implementation.
Research

Jun 25, 2012

Improving School Leadership Through Support, Evaluation, and Incentives: The Pittsburgh Principal Incentive Program

This report examines the Pittsburgh Principal Incentive Program's implementation, how principals and other school staff have responded to the reforms, and what outcomes accompanied program implementation.
Research Summary

May 30, 2012

No Evidence That Incentive Pay for Teacher Teams Improves Student Outcomes: Results from a Randomized Trial

Analysis of an incentive program that paid teachers bonuses based on their students' growth in achievement in mathematics, English language arts, science, and social studies showed no effect on student test scores in any of the subject areas.
Article

Apr 2, 2012

American Educational Research Association Honors RAND Research with 'Outstanding Policy Report' Award

A RAND Education report, A Big Apple for Educators, will receive the first Outstanding Policy Report award from the American Educational Research Association. The report analyzes the Schoolwide Performance Bonus Program.
Research

Jan 1, 2012

Team Pay for Performance: Experimental Evidence from the Round Rock Pilot Project on Team Incentives

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.
Commentary

Sep 20, 2011

The Debate over Teacher Merit Pay: A Freakonomics Quorum

Motivation alone does not improve schools. Even if incentives inspire staff to improve practices or work together, educators may not have the capacity or resources to bring about improvement, writes Julie Marsh.

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Not All Changes Are Equal: Assessing How Different Pension Policies Can Impact Teacher Retention

Retirement Benefits and Teacher Retention: A Structural Modeling Approach

Three Essays on Education Reform in the United States

Evaluating Efforts to Improve School Leadership: Challenges and Recommendations

Addressing Challenges in Evaluating School Principal Improvement Efforts

School Principals Respond to Performance-Based Evaluation System

Improving School Leadership Through the Pittsburgh Principal Incentive Program

Improving School Leadership Through Support, Evaluation, and Incentives: The Pittsburgh Principal Incentive Program

No Evidence That Incentive Pay for Teacher Teams Improves Student Outcomes: Results from a Randomized Trial

American Educational Research Association Honors RAND Research with 'Outstanding Policy Report' Award

Team Pay for Performance: Experimental Evidence from the Round Rock Pilot Project on Team Incentives

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Teacher Incentives

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Related Topics

All Work and No Pay: Teachers' Perceptions of Their Pay and Hours Worked

A Four-Day School Week? Here Are the Costs and Benefits

Explore RAND’s Work on this Topic

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Not All Changes Are Equal: Assessing How Different Pension Policies Can Impact Teacher Retention

Retirement Benefits and Teacher Retention: A Structural Modeling Approach

Three Essays on Education Reform in the United States

Evaluating Efforts to Improve School Leadership: Challenges and Recommendations

Addressing Challenges in Evaluating School Principal Improvement Efforts

School Principals Respond to Performance-Based Evaluation System

Improving School Leadership Through the Pittsburgh Principal Incentive Program

Improving School Leadership Through Support, Evaluation, and Incentives: The Pittsburgh Principal Incentive Program

No Evidence That Incentive Pay for Teacher Teams Improves Student Outcomes: Results from a Randomized Trial

American Educational Research Association Honors RAND Research with 'Outstanding Policy Report' Award

Team Pay for Performance: Experimental Evidence from the Round Rock Pilot Project on Team Incentives

The Debate over Teacher Merit Pay: A Freakonomics Quorum

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