The Magnificently Complex World of Teacher Pay & Other Incentives
Perhaps the most important message from the teacher merit pay study, released this week by the National Center on Performance Incentives at Vanderbilt University, came in a short, four-sentence paragraph. On the last page of the summary section, the researchers conclude:
The implications of these negative findings should not be overstated. That POINT did not have a strong and lasting effect on student achievement does not automatically mean another approach to performance pay would not be successful. It might be more productive to reward teachers in teams or to combine incentives with coaching or professional development. However,