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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