TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluating the impact of performance-related pay for teachers in England
AU - Atkinson, Adele
AU - Burgess, Simon
AU - Croxson, Bronwyn
AU - Gregg, Paul
AU - Propper, Carol
AU - Slater, Helen
AU - Wilson, Deborah
PY - 2009/6
Y1 - 2009/6
N2 - This paper evaluates the impact of a performance-related pay scheme for teachers in England. Using data which matches individual pupils to individual teachers, and contains both test scores and value-added, we test whether the introduction of a payment scheme based on pupil attainment increased teacher effort. Our evaluation design controls for pupil effects, school effects and teacher effects, and adopts a difference-in-difference methodology. We find that the scheme did improve test scores and value added increased on average by about 40% of a grade per pupil.
AB - This paper evaluates the impact of a performance-related pay scheme for teachers in England. Using data which matches individual pupils to individual teachers, and contains both test scores and value-added, we test whether the introduction of a payment scheme based on pupil attainment increased teacher effort. Our evaluation design controls for pupil effects, school effects and teacher effects, and adopts a difference-in-difference methodology. We find that the scheme did improve test scores and value added increased on average by about 40% of a grade per pupil.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=64149129873&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2008.10.003
U2 - 10.1016/j.labeco.2008.10.003
DO - 10.1016/j.labeco.2008.10.003
M3 - Article
VL - 16
SP - 251
EP - 261
JO - Labour Economics
JF - Labour Economics
SN - 0927-5371
IS - 3
ER -