Teamwork Key for Pilot Plans on Teacher Pay
A variety of federally financed grants based on performance pay are providing insights into how districts and teachers can collaborate to implement sustainable programs designed to improve teaching and learning.
But the question of whether those Teacher Incentive Fund grants will yield measurably higher student achievement, applicant pools with better-qualified teachers and principals, and improved retention of effective teachers so far remains unanswered, say researchers, district administrators, and federal officials.
“We are learning a good deal about the implementation barriers that TIF grantees are encountering and their strategies to overcome these obstacles,” said Matthew G. Springer, the director of the National Center on Performance Incentives at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. “[But] it is still debatable whether the incentive plans designed and implemented as part of TIF will actually...
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