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Goldhaber, Dan; Bignell, Wes; Farley, Amy; Walch, Joe; Cowan, James – Center for Education Data & Research, 2014
In this paper we report on research examining the revealed preferences of teachers in Denver Public Schools who were given the opportunity to select between remaining on a traditional salary schedule or opting in to one of the nation's highest profile pay reform systems, Denver's Professional Compensation System for Teachers. The incentive…
Descriptors: Preferences, Compensation (Remuneration), Incentives, Labor Market
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Goldhaber, Dan; Walch, Joe – Economics of Education Review, 2012
Denver Public Schools utilizes one of the nation's highest profile alternative teacher compensation systems, and a key element of Denver's Professional Compensation System for Teachers (ProComp) is pay for performance. This study analyzes the student achievement implications of ProComp utilizing matched student- and teacher-level data from 2003 to…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Urban Schools, Teacher Salaries, Merit Pay
Goldhaber, Dan; Walch, Joe – Center for Education Data & Research, 2011
There is significant and growing interest in teacher pay reform as a number of states and localities have begun experimenting with departures from the single salary schedule--a pay system employed in most school districts, which links teacher pay solely to degree and experience level (Chait, 2007; Goldhaber, 2009; Podgursky and Springer, 2007).…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Teacher Effectiveness, Program Effectiveness, Awards