Incentive Pay and Student Achievement

This page provides a complete list of NCPI publications that address the topic of Incentive Pay and Student Achievement Outcomes. We will continue to update this page as the Center produces new publications on the topic.

POINT/Counterpoint: The View from the Trenches of Education Policy Research
D. Ballou, M.G. Springer, D. McCaffrey, D. McCaffrey, J.R. Lockwood, B. Stecher, L. Hamilton, and M.J. Pepper
2012

Team Pay for Performance: Experimental Evidence From the Round Rock Pilot Project on Team Incentives
M. Springer, J. Pane, V. Le, D. McCaffrey, S. Burns, L. Hamilton, and B. Stecher
May 2012

No Evidence That Incentive Pay for Teacher Teams Improves Student Outcomes-Results from a Randomized Trial
D. Adamson
2012

District Awards for Teacher Excellence (DATE) Program: Final Evaluation Report
See Chapter 6 on student achievement outcomes
M. Springer, J. Lewis, M. Ehlert, et al
December 2010

Teacher Pay for Performance: Experimental Evidence from the Project on Incentives in Teaching
M. Springer, D. Ballou, et al
September 2010

Texas Educator Excellence Grant (TEEG) Program: Year Three Evaluation Report
See Chapter 9 on student achievement outcomes
M. Springer, J. Lewis, M. Podgursky, et al
August 2009

Governor’s Educator Excellence Grant (GEEG) Program: Year Three Evaluation Report
See Chapter 8 on student achievement outcomes
M. Springer, J. Lewis, M. Podgursky, et al
August 2009

Governor’s Educator Excellence Grant (GEEG) Program: Year Two Evaluation Report
See Chapter 8 on student achievement outcomes
M. Springer, J. Lewis, M. Podgursky, et al
August 2009

New York City’s School-Wide Bonus Pay Program: Early Evidence from a Randomized Trial
M. Springer and M. Winters
April 2009

Texas Educator Excellence Grant (TEEG) Program: Year Two Evaluation Report
See Chapter 12 on student achievement outcomes
M. Springer, M. Podgursky, J. Lewis, et al
December 2008

Missouri’s Teacher Career Ladder Program
K. Booker and S. Glazerman
February 2008

Teacher Incentives in Developing Countries: Recent Experimental Evidence from Kenya
P. Glewwe, N. Illias, and M. Kremer
February 2008

Teacher Incentives in Developing Countries: Recent Experimental Evidence from India
K. Muralidharan and V. Sundararaman
February 2008

Impact of the Teacher Advancement Program on Student Test Score Gains: Findings from an Independent Appraisal
M. Springer, D. Ballou, and A. Peng
February 2008

Teacher Salary Bonuses in North Carolina
J. Vigdor
February 2008

The Effect of Performance Pay in Little Rock, Arkansas on Student Achievement
M. Winters, J. Greene, G. Ritter, and R. Marsh
February 2008

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No Evidence That Incentive Pay for Teachers Teams Improves Student Outcomes