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Increasing Educator Effectiveness: Lessons Learned from Teacher Incentive Fund Sites

Eckert, Jonathan – National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, 2013

Created by the U.S. Congress in 2006, the Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) represents the first federal initiative targeted directly at state and district efforts to introduce performance measures into educator compensation. TIF responds to a growing body of evidence that existing pay structures do not respond to labor force realities or adequately…

Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Grants, Incentives, Teacher Motivation

Improving School Leadership through Support, Evaluation, and Incentives: The Pittsburgh Principal Incentive Program. Monograph

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Hamilton, Laura S.; Engberg, John; Steiner, Elizabeth D.; Nelson, Catherine Awsumb; Yuan, Kun – RAND Corporation, 2012

In 2007, the Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) received funding from the U.S. Department of Education's Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) program to implement the Pittsburgh Urban Leadership System for Excellence (PULSE), a set of reforms designed to improve the quality of school leadership throughout the district. A major component of PULSE is the…

Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, Incentives, Principals

Denver's Public Schools: Reforms, Challenges, and the Future

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Bray, Judy; Medler, Alex – Colorado Children's Campaign, 2009

Denver is currently in the national education spotlight, largely because of its willingness to try a unique combination of major education reforms not seen in other large urban school districts. While many observers hold these reforms in high regard, a steep road lies ahead. Current student results are unacceptable by all measures. The time is…

Descriptors: Governance, Public Schools, Educational Change, Urban Schools

Student Achievement and Accountability. Annual Report, 2007

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Iowa Department of Education, 2008

Legislation passed during the 2001 Iowa legislative session established the Student Achievement and Teacher Quality Program, Iowa Code Section 284.12(1). This legislation requires the Iowa Department of Education (DE) to annually report the statewide progress on the following: (1) Student achievement scores in mathematics and reading at the fourth…

Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Improvement, Academic Achievement, Grade 8

What Americans Think about Their Schools: The 2007 "Education Next"-PEPG Survey

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Howell, William G.; West, Martin R.; Peterson, Paul E. – Education Next, 2007

Americans both care about their schools and want them to improve. Though adults give the nation's public schools only mediocre grades, they are willing to invest more money in public education and they are reasonably confident that doing so will improve student learning. They are also open to a host of school reforms ranging from high-stakes…

Descriptors: School Policy, Federal Legislation, Ethnic Groups, Educational Change

2011 State Teacher Policy Yearbook. Texas

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National Council on Teacher Quality, 2011

For five years running, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) has tracked states' teacher policies, preparing a detailed and thorough compendium of teacher policy in the United States on topics related to teacher preparation, licensure, evaluation, career advancement, tenure, compensation, pensions and dismissal. The "2011 State…