Do Educator Performance Incentives Help Students? Evidence from the Teacher Incentive Fund National Evaluation

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 843-872
Author(s):  
Cecilia Speroni ◽  
Alison Wellington ◽  
Paul Burkander ◽  
Hanley Chiang ◽  
Mariesa Herrmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Performance Incentives ◽  
Teacher Incentive Fund ◽  
Incentive Fund

Teacher Evaluation, Pay for Performance, and Learning Around Instruction: Between Dissonant Incentives and Resonant Procedures

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rick Mintrop ◽  
Miguel Ordenes ◽  
Erin Coghlan ◽  
Laura Pryor ◽  
Cristobal Madero
Keyword(s):  
Charter Schools ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Pay For Performance ◽  
Performance Management System ◽  
Teaching Evaluations ◽  
Teacher Incentive Fund ◽  
Formative Learning ◽  
Power Of Incentives ◽  
Incentive Fund

Purpose: The study examines why the logic of a performance management system, supported by the federal Teacher Incentive Fund, might be faulty. It does this by exploring the nuances of the interplay between teaching evaluations as formative and summative, the use of procedures, tools, and artifacts obligated by the local Teacher Incentive Fund system, and bonus payments as extrinsic motivators. Research Methods: The study is a qualitative longitudinal study in three public charter schools that were selected as a presumably conducive environment for incentive-driven performance management. Eight rounds of semistructured interviews, 130 interviews, and 65 hours of meeting observations are the data for this study. Findings: In the three charter schools, the adoption period was characterized by consonance, the belief that the performance management system served valued purposes. In midlife, dissonance set in. Performance contingencies attached to both bonus and external evaluations were perceived as disconfirming the values of the schools. Incentives and status competition were largely rebuffed and relegated to the periphery. Once the power of incentives became latent, a period of resonance set in. Administrators and teachers came to interact with the two main artifacts, videos of lessons and the Summative Evaluation of Teaching observation tool, in ways that afforded new learning. Implications for Research and Practice: The study suggests that research insights can be gained when logics of complex performance management systems are disentangled and competing dynamics deliberately studied. Practically speaking, when schools try to maintain a rich collegial culture, incentives may crowd out the use of teaching evaluations for formative learning.

Do You Get What You Measure? Research Opportunities Based on the Veterans Health Administration Experience

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 385-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Thibodeau ◽  
John Harry Evans ◽  
Nandu J. Nagarajan
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Veterans Health Administration ◽  
Veterans Health ◽  
Health Administration ◽  
Performance Incentives ◽  
Healthcare Network ◽  
Similar Patient ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
The U.S

SYNOPSIS Starting in 1995, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) transformed a bureaucratic healthcare system into a performance-driven, patient-focused integrated healthcare network. The VHA's experience may offer lessons for private and public sector providers as the U.S. explores alternative healthcare delivery systems and payment methods. Similar patient-focused integrated systems are one of the hallmarks of the latest U.S. attempt to improve the quality and efficiency of healthcare delivery. The use of performance incentives to promote cooperation and innovation is also central to both the VHA and the U.S. reform. This study reviews the VHA's experience with an eye to identifying issues and potential research avenues for accounting researchers interested in the role of accounting information for control, coordination, and organizational change.

Paying for performance: Performance incentives increase desire for the reward object.

2016 ◽  
Vol 111 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia D. Hur ◽  
Loran F. Nordgren
Keyword(s):  
Performance Incentives
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