Incentive Pay Programs Do Not Affect Teacher Motivation or Reported Practices: Results From Three Randomized Studies

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-22

  Yuan, Kun ^a   Le, Vi Nhuan ^a   McCaffrey, Daniel F ^a   Marsh, Julie A ^b   Hamilton, Laura S ^a   Stecher, Brian M ^a   Springer, Matthew G ^c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

pay for performance program; randomized experimental studies; teacher

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874217691     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: 19351062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0162373712462625     Document Type: Article

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