Performance Incentives: Their Growing Impact on American K-12 Education

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Teacher compensation as an avenue for school reform is once again growing in popularity and use. The U.S. education system is now at a critical juncture that requires thoughtful and informed consideration of compensation policies. Performance Incentives offers the most up-to-date and complete analysis of the promise and controversy around teacher pay for performance and recruitment and retention bonuses.

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"This volume brings together a collection of insightful essays on a variety of issues
associated with performance-related pay policies in education. Together, the essays
not only provide invaluable background information, but also explore in a detailed
yet accessible way some of the technical issues associated with the development
and use of teacher performance metrics. This volume will be an excellent resource
for policymakers, researchers, and educators alike." Brian Jacob, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Education Policy, University of Michigan

"Teacher compensation needs reforming, including linking part of pay to teacher
effectiveness in the classroom. Yet knowledge about how best to do so is still
emerging. This volume makes a major contribution to the discussion of how to
link teacher pay and performance in a responsible and effective way." Janet S. Hansen, Vice President and Director of Education Studies, Committee for
Economic Development

"As American school districts move increasingly towards adopting non-traditional
pay systems, the need for research regarding performance pay in education is
greater than ever before. This book stands virtually alone as a compilation of serious
knowledge and new insights about performance incentives. The authors have
made a huge intellectual contribution to our understanding of how a new pay paradigm
might actually operate." James W. Guthrie, Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Education Leadership and
Policy, Vanderbilt University

" Performance Incentives offers a comprehensive look at a timely and still controversial
topic. The book approaches the subject of new forms of teacher compensation
from multiple angles and thus affords the reader a variety of perspectives to consider.
Matthew Springer has assembled a unique set of papers that is bound to
spark lively discussion. More importantly, this volume may also help to shape the
policy debate around teacher pay." Julia E. Koppich, J. Koppich & Associates

Author Bio

Matthew G. Springer is the director of the National Center on Performance Incentives and an assistant professor of public policy at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College. He is a coauthor of Modern Education Finance and Policy (2007) and a coeditor of Charter School Outcomes (2007) and Handbook of Research on School Choice (2009).