Does Linking Teacher Pay to Student Performance Improve Results?
Educators and education policy makers are concerned with creating the best possible learning environment for students. How to do this, especially in primary school, where reading, writing and mathematical skills are first acquired, is the subject o...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/09/13038922/linking-teacher-pay-student-performance-improve-results http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10475 |
| Summary: | Educators and education policy makers
are concerned with creating the best possible learning
environment for students. How to do this, especially in
primary school, where reading, writing and mathematical
skills are first acquired, is the subject of policy debates
in many parts of the world. Should teachers be paid more?
Can students be rewarded for good test results? Do schools
need more supplies and better infrastructure? Should parents
have access to better information about the quality of
schools and parental rights and responsibilities? There are
no clear answers yet. The World Bank supported a study of
government-run primary schools in the state of Andhra
Pradesh in India. The project, incorporating 500 schools,
concluded that giving teachers cash bonuses based on the
improvement in student performance was more effective at
raising test results than giving schools cash grants for
supplies or additional teachers. This project, which looks
at only one school system in one country, will not end the
debate over how to boost student performance. But it does
offer a piece of the puzzle to help steer policy makers and
educators as they move forward with new educational programs
and projects. |
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