Grounding+Documents

Outside information from national think-tanks, research, as well as public and private sector examples.

Hillsborough Strategic Plan

[|***NEW*** Policy Landscape on Performance Pay from Teacher Incentive Fund Grantees]

Research from SAS/EVAAS showing a positive correlation between student achievement and the implementation of performance pay in Houston Public Schools [|SAS_PerfPayImpactStudy.pdf]

[|The Debate over Differenatiated Pay: The Devil is in the Details] in //Rethinking Schools// by Barbara Miner

[|Operation Public Education] a research think-tank at UPenn studying Performance Pay

[|Center for Educator Compensation Reform] a federally funded research institute studying Performance Pay

[|Performance Pay for Teachers] a report by the //Center for Teaching Quality// specific to teacher performance pay written by 18 nationally recognized teachers.

[|Houston's Plan] for Administrator Performance Pay

[|Prince George's Schools Plan] for Administrators and Teachers in the //Washington Post//

[|Recent commentary article] in //Education Week// very critical of performance pay. Very misinformed (in Jason's opinion).

Article on administrator support for performance pay in //Education Week [|edweek.doc]//

Chapter from //A Grand Bargain// on educational compensation by Marc Wallace. Relates mostly to teachers but foundational concepts are useful.[|WallaceCompensation.pdf]

Chapter from //A Grand Bargain// on administrator evaluation by John Deasy. Relates mostly to building administrators, but again concepts are useful.[|DeasyAdminEval.pdf]

Chapter from //Performance Incentives// by Derek Neal. Outlines key promises and pitfalls of designing performance pay systems. [|NealDesign.pdf]

1.08.09 Presentation

Figlio and Kenney Study Correlating Student Achievement with Performance Pay [|Figlio.pdf]

Recent article from NJ.com on renegotiations due to economic conditions in the state: