Do Bonuses Affect Teacher Staffing and Student Achievement in High Poverty Schools? : Evidence from an Incentive for National Board Certified Teachers in Washington State. Working Paper No. 194-0618-1 / James Cowan and Dan Goldhaber.

We study a teacher incentive policy in Washington State that awards a financial bonus to National Board certified teachers in high poverty schools. Using a regression discontinuity design, we find that the bonus policy increased the proportion of certified teachers in bonus-eligible schools by impro...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Authors:	Cowan, James, Goldhaber, Dan (Author)
Corporate Authors:	National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER) at American Institutes for Research, National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2018.
Subjects:	Merit Pay. Rewards. Poverty. National Standards. Alternative Teacher Certification. Program Effectiveness. Teacher Competencies. Achievement Gains. Low Income Students. Compensation (Remuneration) Incentives. Teacher Salaries. Educational Policy.