Performance pay, test scores, and student learning objectives

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 44, Issue , 2015, Pages 114-125

  Balch, Ryan ^a   Springer, Matthew G ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational economics; Pay for performance; Teacher salaries

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; LEARNING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STUDENT;

EID: 84921266913     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2014.11.002     Document Type: Article

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