Full Description
Noted experts offer a comprehensive view of student, teacher, managerial, and organizational incentives and show how they are linked to school reform goals.
Contents
Preface
The Editors
The Contributors
1 Introduction: Incentives and School Improvement 1
2 Motivating Students to Learn: An American Dilemma 19
3 Rewarding Teachers for Student Performance 60
4 Motivation for School Reform 115
5 Restructuring Schools for High Performance 144
6 Standards as Incentives for Instructional Reform 195
7 Incentives, School Organization, and Teacher Compensation 226
8 Teaching to New Standards 257
9 Getting to Scale with Successful Educational Practices 294
10 Conclusion: Building a Better System of Incentives 330
Index 343
