Teacher incentives and student achievement: evidence form New York City public schools/ created by Roland G Fryer

By:

Fryer, Roland G [author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Journal of labor economics ; Volume 31, number 2 ,part 1Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2013Content type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISSN:

0734306X

Subject(s):

Teaching profession -- Educational achievement -- Incentives

LOC classification:

HD5706 JOU

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Abstract: As global policy makers and school leaders look for ways to improve student performance, financial incentives programs for teachers have become increasingly popular. This article describes a school-based randomized trial in over 200 New York City public schools designed to better understand the impact of teacher incentives. I find no evidence that teacher incentives increase student performance, attendance, or graduation, nor do I find evidence that these incentives change student or teacher behavior. If anything, teacher incentives may decrease student achievement, especially in larger schools. The article concludes with a speculative discussion of theories to explain these stark results.

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As global policy makers and school leaders look for ways to improve student performance, financial incentives programs for teachers have become increasingly popular. This article describes a school-based randomized trial in over 200 New York City public schools designed to better understand the impact of teacher incentives. I find no evidence that teacher incentives increase student performance, attendance, or graduation, nor do I find evidence that these incentives change student or teacher behavior. If anything, teacher incentives may decrease student achievement, especially in larger schools. The article concludes with a speculative discussion of theories to explain these stark results.

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