The Future of Teacher Compensation


 

Publication Date: November 2007

Publisher: Center for American Progress

Author(s): Joan Baratz-Snowden

Research Area: Education

Keywords: teacher compensation; student academic results; qualified teachers

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

“The Future of Teacher Compensation,” highlights alternative teacher compensation structures.
It examines limitations in our prevailing single salary teacher pay schedules and focuses on pay-for-performance alternatives that are designed primarily to improve student academic outcomes. Though evidence is sparse regarding the effectiveness of pay-for-performance reforms, the study finds that how reformers frame pay-for-performance proposals is as critical to their success, if not more so, than the particular features of the plans.