This working paper examines behavioral responses to an incentive program that offers high-performing teachers in 10 school districts across the country $20,000 to transfer into the district's hardest-to-staff schools. Specifically, the paper looks at high-performing teachers' willingness to...

Summarizes the main findings from a series of other reports on the study. Concludes that centers deliver comprehensive and consistent services. Furthermore, Job Corps makes a meaningful difference in educational attainment and earnings; gains are found across most groups of students and types of...

This report presents evidence suggesting that a school district’s participation in the Missouri Career Ladder Program would tend to increase retention in the district and the profession, especially for mid-career teachers. The report notes that small bonuses can affect behavior but not...

Although Missouri has had a Career Ladder program for teachers since 1987, there has been little research examining the program’s effects. This working paper, presented at a National Center on Performance Incentives conference, examines effects on student achievement, using longitudinal data...

Teacher induction programs are designed to support new teachers and reduce teacher turnover. Comprehensive teacher induction, however, goes beyond traditional induction by relying on carefully selected and trained full-time mentors and also includes an intensive curriculum involving...

State governments use a wide variety of requirements to regulate entry into the teaching profession, but education researchers have not succeeded in isolating measures that cost-effectively and reliably predict teacher performance. To address this problem, the American Board for Certification of...