Welcome to the lecture section of the 2008 National Conference. Please click on a link below for more information about the conference:

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Matthew G. Springer, Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College

Keynote Address

Randi Weingarten, Vice President, American Federation of Teachers

Market-Based Pay Reform for Public School Teachers

Michael Podgursky, University of Missouri-Columbia

Holding Accountability to Account: How Scholarship and Experience in Other Fields Inform Exploration of Performance Incentives in Education

Richard Rothstein, Economic Policy Institute

Teacher Attitudes on Pay for Performance: Evidence from Hillsborough County, Florida

Brian Jacob, University of Michigan

Lessons Learned: Evaluating the First Year of the GEEG and TEEG Programs

Lori Taylor, Texas A&M University

Teacher Advancement Program: Findings from an Independent Appraisal

Matthew G. Springer, Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College

Do Teacher Incentives Work? Evidence from the Missouri Career Ladder Program

Kevin Booker, Mathematica Policy Research

The Effect of Performance-Pay in Little Rock, Arkansas on Student Achievement

Jay P. Greene, University of Arkansas

Value Added and Other Methods for Measuring School Performance: An Analysis of Performance Measurement Strategies in Teacher Incentive Fund Proposals

Robert Meyer, Wisconsin Center for Education Research

Designing Incentive Systems for Schools

Derek Neal, University of Chicago

From Data to Bonuses: A Case Study of the Issues Related to Awarding Teachers Pay on the Basis of Their Students’ Progress

Daniel McCaffrey, RAND Corporation

Legal and Political Dynamics of Pay for Performance

P. Teske, J. Ryan, D. Goldhaber, J. Hannaway