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Peer reviewedKelley, Carolyn; Heneman, Herbert, III; Milanowski, Anthony – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2002
Summarizes findings from series of research studies on the motivational effects of school-based performance award (SBPA) programs in Kentucky and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg (North Carolina) School District. Finds that teachers associate various positive and negative outcomes with the programs. Draws several implications for design and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, State Programs, Teacher Motivation
Peer reviewedKelley, Carolyn; Protsik, Jean – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1997
Provides a qualitative analysis of the Kentucky school-based performance award program at four elementary and two secondary schools. Teachers were motivated to modify teaching approaches to enhance student performance, but seemed to be experiencing high stress levels. Teachers and principals at the six award-winning schools reported attitudes and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, Incentives, Job Performance
Download full textKelley, Carolyn; Heneman, Herbert, III; Milanowski, Anthony – 1999
This paper synthesizes research on how motivation influenced teachers at two school-based performance award (SBPA) programs in Kentucky and in North Carolina. The research was conducted between 1995 and 1998 by the Consortium for Policy Research in Education. SBPA programs provide teachers and other school staff with pay bonuses for the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Innovation
Kelley, Carolyn; Smithmier, Angela – 1998
This paper focuses on school-level differences and their implications for educational policy reform. It presents studies of two distinct educational reforms--a local community-based collaborative-services initiative and a state educational-accountability program--to illustrate important organizational features that vary across school levels. Both…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedKelley, Carolyn – Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, 1999
Examines the ways in which school-based performance award (SBPA) programs motivate teachers to modify or improve teaching practice. Qualitative and survey data from Kentucky, North Carolina, Colorado, and Maryland suggest that SBPA programs motivate teachers largely by creating conditions that increase intrinsic rewards and focus teacher efforts.…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Kelley, Carolyn; Odden, Allan; Milanowski, Anthony; Heneman, Herbert, III – 2000
From 1995-98, The Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) teacher compensation researchers conducted interviews and survey questionnaires of teachers and principals in three sites to measure the motivational effects of school-based performance award (SBPA) programs. When a school met preset educational objectives, the SBPA programs in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavioral Objectives, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Kelley, Carolyn; Heneman, Herbert, III; Milanowski, Anthony – 2000
This report provides an overview of the findings of 3 studies conducted between 1995 and 1998 on school-based performance award (SBPA) programs. Such programs provide teachers, and often other school staff, with pay bonuses when their school as a whole achieves specific educational objectives. The studies focused on programs in the state of…
Descriptors: Awards, Elementary Secondary Education, Incentives, Merit Pay
