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Download full textLashway, Larry – 2001
Policymakers and educators are taking a new look at incentives as they work to improve accountability systems. This ERIC Digest examines the role of rewards and sanctions in school reform and identifies key issues in implementing incentive systems. The new accountability is based on five components: carefully designed standards, assessments…
Descriptors: Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, Incentives, Merit Pay
