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The role of performance pay systems in comprehensive school reform : considerations for policy making and planning

Title
The role of performance pay systems in comprehensive school reform : considerations for policy making and planning / Warren A. Hodge.
Author
Hodge, Warren A.
Publication
Lanham : University Press of America, ©2003.

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Description
xix, 204 pages; 23 cm
Summary
Reviewing the research literature on performance pay (or teacher pay incentive) systems in the United States, the author explores some of the most prominent proposed and practiced systems. He explores positive and negative outcomes for the various systems and provides recommendations on how to implement performance pay systems. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Subject
  • Teachers > Salaries, etc
  • Merit pay
  • Teacher effectiveness
  • Merit pay
  • Teacher effectiveness
  • Schulreform
  • Lehrer
  • Leistung
  • Gehalt
  • Enseignant
  • Rendement au travail
  • Salaire au mérite
  • USA
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-188) and indexes.
Contents
Historical and theoretical overview -- Critical variables in performance pay systems -- Professional development and performance pay -- Prevalent performance pay programs -- Design and planning -- Research on performance pay programs -- Conclusions and observations -- Appendix A. Standards of adequacy checklist for designing performance pay programs -- Appendix B. Seven examples of design and decision making processes for performance pay programs -- Appendix C. Public attitudes toward linking teachers' salary to students' academic achievement.
ISBN
  • 0761825541
  • 9780761825548
LCCN
2003050709
OCLC
  • ocm52127590
  • 52127590
  • SCSB-8904888
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library