NCPI director Matthew Springer and Bill Sanders, presenters at NCPI’s first annual national research to policy conference, were featured in a February article in TIME, “How to make great teachers”. The article provides a broad overview of policy issues with implications for the quality of the nation’s teacher workforce, including performance-based pay. Sanders is recognized for his extensive research on value-added measurement to gauge a teacher’s impact on students’ academic improvement over time. Director Matthew Springer addresses the status of research on performance-based pay and what can be gleaned from existing findings.