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Download full textFeldmesser, Robert A. – 1972
Performance contracts, in which an outside organization undertakes to provide instruction in a local educational agency's jurisdiction, are discussed in this report. Characteristics of the outside educational organization are described. Payment schedules are outlined in detail, as are the problems of accurately measuring gains. Arguments for and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Development, Local Government
Feldmesser, Robert A. – 1971
Problems which should be considered in relation to performance contracting include: legal problems, time for planning, teachers' objections, and measuremet problems. Advantages include: the learning experience of planning, Hawthorne effect excitement, and the low cost of this experimentation. (MS)
Descriptors: Accountability, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation
Feldmesser, Robert A.; Echternacht, Gary J. – 1975
This study of performance contracting was made in 1974-75. It differs from other studies in that it is based on a comprehensive body of data, including information about state-supported contracts in Michigan and California; it is focused on the role of monetary incentives in education rather than on the particular instructional programs; it made a…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Educational Change, Educational History
