ERIC Number: EJ985266
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Dec
Pages: 24
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Team Pay for Performance: Experimental Evidence from the Round Rock Pilot Project on Team Incentives
Springer, Matthew G.; Pane, John F.; Le, Vi-Nhuan; McCaffrey, Daniel F.; Burns, Susan Freeman; Hamilton, Laura S.; Stecher, Brian
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, v34 n4 p367-390 Dec 2012
Education policymakers have shown increased interest in incentive programs for teachers based on the outcomes of their students. This article examines a program in which bonuses were awarded to teams of middle school teachers based on their collective contribution to student test score gains. The study employs a randomized controlled trial to examine effects of the bonus program over the course of an academic year, with the experiment repeated a second year, and finds no significant effects on the achievement of students or the attitudes and practices of teachers. The lack of effects of team-level pay for performance in this study is consistent with other recent experiments studying the short-term effects of bonus awards for individual performance or whole-school performance. (Contains 10 notes and 11 tables.)
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Educational Experiments, Merit Pay, Rewards, Scores, Achievement Gains, Teacher Evaluation, Teamwork, Academic Achievement, Evidence, Incentives, Program Effectiveness, Pilot Projects, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Interdisciplinary Approach, Teacher Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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