ERIC Number: ED510471
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Feb
Pages: 2
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Teacher Salary Bonuses in North Carolina. Research Brief
National Center on Performance Incentives
In "Teacher Salary Bonuses in North Carolina"--a paper presented at the February 2008 National Center on Performance Incentives research to policy conference--Jacob Vigdor of Duke University reviews a teacher salary bonus program operating in North Carolina. Known officially as the ABC's of Public Education, the program awards teachers with bonuses up to $1,500 for schoolwide student test score gains. He discusses whether North Carolina's bonus program has improved student performance and/or lowered socioeconomic and racial achievement gaps in its public schools. Vigdor finds that the program appears to have a positive impact on students' scores on the high-stakes tests used to determine schools' bonus award eligibility, but there is no evidence of a program impact on low-stakes test scores. [This research brief describes work published by the National Center on Performance Incentives in "Teacher Salary Bonuses in North Carolina" by Jacob L. Vigdor, Working Paper 2008-03.]
Descriptors: Teacher Salaries, Academic Achievement, High Stakes Tests, Program Effectiveness, Scores, Public Education, Teaching Methods, Achievement Gap, Incentives, Merit Pay, Faculty Mobility
National Center on Performance Incentives. Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, PMB #43, 230 Appleton Place, Nashville, TN 37203. Tel: 615-322-5538; Fax: 615-322-6018; e-mail: ncpi@vanderbilt.edu; Web site: http://www.performanceincentives.org
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Vanderbilt University, National Center on Performance Incentives
Identifiers - Location: North Carolina
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305A060034