Role of Performance Pay Systems in Comprehensive School Reform

Warren A. Hodge is Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership, University of North Florida.

• Chapter 1 List of Figures and Tables Chapter 2 Foreword Chapter 3 Preface and Introduction Chapter 4 Acknowledgments Chapter 5 Historical and Theoretical Overview: The Move to Comprehensive School Reform and Performance Pay Programs; Theoretical Framework and School Reform Programs Chapter 6 Critical Variables in Performance Pay Systems: Systemic/Comprehensive Reform Focus; Teacher Motivation; Performance Assessment; Comprehensive Program Evaluation; Participation and Collaboration; Funding Performance Pay Programs; Chapter Summary Chapter 7 Professional Development and Performance Pay: Theories/Models of Adult Development and Learning; Time; Linkage with Student Achievement; Funding; Professional Development Models and Approaches; Exemplars of Comprehensive Professional Development; Ch Chapter 8 Prevalent Performance Pay Programs: Major Compensation and Incentive Approaches; Other Incentive Programs; Chapter Summary Chapter 9 Design and Planning: Considerations for Incentive Programs; Assumptions; Goals and Objectives of Incentive Programs; Standards of Adequacy Guidelines; Chapter Summary Chapter 10 Research on Performance Pay Programs: Research on the Influence of Incentive Programs on Teacher Motivation, Performance, Attitudes and Attributions; Research on Performance Pay Programs and Student Achievement; Chapter Summary Chapter 11 Conclusions and Observations: Some Final Observations Chapter 12 Appendices: Standards of Adequacy Checklist for Designing Performance Pay Programs; Seven Examples of Design and Decision Making Processes for Performance Pay Programs; Public Attitudes toward Linking Teachers' Salary to Students' Academic Achieveme Chapter 13 Notes Chapter 14 References Chapter 15 Author Index Chapter 16 Subject Index