TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fryer,Roland G.
TI  - Teacher incentives  and student achievement: evidence form New York City public schools
SN  - 0734306X
AV  - HD5706 JOU 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Teaching profession
KW  - Educational achievement
KW  - Incentives
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1086/667757
ER  -