Teacher Incentives and Student Achievement: Evidence from New York City Public Schools / Roland G. Fryer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fryer, Roland G.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w16850.

NBER working paper series no. w16850

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Other Title:

Teacher Incentives and Student Achievement

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2011.

Summary:

Financial incentives for teachers to increase student performance is an increasingly popular education policy around the world. This paper describes a school-based randomized trial in over two-hundred New York City public schools designed to better understand the impact of teacher incentives on student achievement. I find no evidence that teacher incentives increase student performance, attendance, or graduation, nor do I find any evidence that the incentives change student or teacher behavior. If anything, teacher incentives may decrease student achievement, especially in larger schools. The paper concludes with a speculative discussion of theories that may explain these stark results.

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Print version record

March 2011.