Do Bonuses Affect Teacher Staffing and Student Achievement in High Poverty Schools? : Evidence from an Incentive for National Board Certified Teachers in Washington State / 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)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2018.
Subjects:	Teacher Supply and Demand. Academic Achievement. Poverty Areas. Low Income Students. Incentives. Teacher Certification. Educational Policy. Teacher Persistence.