Performance Incentives

<DIV><P>The concept of pay for performance for public school teachers is growing in popularity and use and it has resurged to once again occupy a central role in education policy. <I>Performance Incentives: Their Growing Impact on American K-12 Education</I> offers the most up-to-date and complete analysis of this promising—yet still controversial—policy innovation.</P><P><I>Performance Incentives</I> brings together an interdisciplinary team of experts providing an unprecedented discussion and analysis of the pay-for-performance debate by</P><P>• Identifying the potential strengths and weaknesses of tying pay to student outcomes;</P><P>• Comparing different strategies for measuring teacher accomplishments;</P><P>• Addressing key conceptual and implemen - tation issues;</P><P>• Describing what teachers themselves think of merit pay;</P><P>• Examining recent examples in Arkansas Florida North Carolina and Texas;</P><P>• Studying the overall impact on student achievement.</P></DIV>