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What Works Clearinghouse, 2013
The study reviewed in this document examined whether offering schoolwide performance bonuses to teachers had an effect on student achievement or teacher retention in New York City public schools. Researchers analyzed data on students and teachers from 396 high-need public elementary, middle, and high schools from 2007-08 through 2009-10. Of these…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Reading Achievement, Outcome Measures, Merit Pay
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Boyd, Donald; Grossman, Pamela; Ing, Marsha; Lankford, Hamilton; Loeb, Susanna; O'Brien, Rachel; Wyckoff, James – Economics of Education Review, 2011
As schools and districts seek to recruit teachers, individuals in non-teaching professions are an appealing possible pool. These potential teachers come with work experience and may have expertise that would serve them well in the classroom. While there has been substantial rhetoric assailing the virtues of teachers with prior professional…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Labor Supply, Work Experience, Labor Utilization
Walker, Karen – Education Partnerships, Inc., 2003
The most common configuration for the middle level is for grades 6-8 to be housed together. Although not a common configuration, there are some ninth grade only campuses sprinkled throughout the United States. Many of these schools were designed to address overcrowding issues either at the middle or high school while some were designed to help…
Descriptors: Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Middle Schools, High Schools, Educational Principles