Performance Incentives

"Matthew G. Springer is the director of the National Center on Performance Incentives and an assistant professor of public policy at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College. He is a coauthor of Modern Education Finance and Policy (2007) and a coeditor of Charter School Outcomes (2007) and Handbook of Research on School Choice (2009)."

"This volume brings together a collection of insightful essays on a variety of issuesassociated with performance-related pay policies in education. Together, the essaysnot only provide invaluable background information, but also explore in a detailedyet accessible way some of the technical issues associated with the developmentand use of teacher performance metrics. This volume will be an excellent resourcefor policymakers, researchers, and educators alike." —Brian Jacob, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Education Policy, University of Michigan|"Teacher compensation needs reforming, including linking part of pay to teachereffectiveness in the classroom. Yet knowledge about how best to do so is stillemerging. This volume makes a major contribution to the discussion of how tolink teacher pay and performance in a responsible and effective way." —Janet S. Hansen, Vice President and Director of Education Studies, Committee forEconomic Development|"As American school districts move increasingly towards adopting non-traditionalpay systems, the need for research regarding performance pay in education isgreater than ever before. This book stands virtually alone as a compilation of seriousknowledge and new insights about performance incentives. The authors havemade a huge intellectual contribution to our understanding of how a new pay paradigmmight actually operate." —James W. Guthrie, Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Education Leadership andPolicy, Vanderbilt University|" Performance Incentives offers a comprehensive look at a timely and still controversialtopic. The book approaches the subject of new forms of teacher compensationfrom multiple angles and thus affords the reader a variety of perspectives to consider.Matthew Springer has assembled a unique set of papers that is bound tospark lively discussion. More importantly, this volume may also help to shape thepolicy debate around teacher pay." —Julia E. Koppich, J. Koppich & Associates