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Study finds few gains in schoolwide pay program
- 02-04-2011
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Blog by Stephen Sawchuk/Education Week
Schoolwide bonus pay for teachers in New York City's now-suspended program didn't seem to boost student achievement as a general rule—and in schools with many teachers, it may have diluted individual incentives for teachers to boost achievement growth. But in those schools with high levels of teacher collaboration and a small staff, such programs may have had some slight benefits, concludes a new study by two Columbia University economists. In a school with lots of teachers, authors Sarena Goodman and Lesley Turner wrote, "the diffusion of responsibility for test-score gains across many teachers may erode the incentive that any individual teacher has to increase effort in the classroom." Some important context for you before we delve into these findings: For a long time, policy types have disagreed about whether performance incentives should be individual or group-based. (more...)
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