Most principals in EPIC sites have positive attitudes toward EPIC and merit pay in general¶
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Currency · newest study 2009 · checked against its sources 2026-10-08 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2012: local conditions change quickly
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q2 i? Most principals surveyed in the three EPIC sites report positive attitudes toward EPIC and toward merit pay in general. → Duncan Chaplin 2009
Evidence¶
Duncan Chaplin 2009¶
Duncan Chaplin, Hanley Chiang, Margaret Sullivan, Virginia Knechtel, Dominic Harris, Shinu Verghese, Kathy Sonnenfeld, Barbara Kennen, John Hall. (2009). 2008 Principal/Vice Principal Survey Results for Evaluation of the Effective Practice Incentive Community (EPIC). Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/2008-principalvice-principal-survey-results-for-evaluation-of-the-effective-practice-incentive-community-epic
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Baseline survey of principals and vice principals in the Memphis and Washington, DC districts and a charter consortium partnered with New Leaders for New Schools; the report states "Most principals have positive attitudes toward EPIC and merit pay in general." No effect size is printed.
"Most principals have positive attitudes toward EPIC and merit pay in general."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Principals prefer school-level performance and achievement growth over teacher-level performance alone or test-score levels for incentive awards — related
- Principals exhibit an incomplete understanding of how achievement growth is captured in EPIC performance measures — related
- The EPIC project applied a set of methods to identify effective schools and teachers across a multi-state charter school consortium in its second year. — related
- Principals' attitudes toward and framing of the REACH evaluation system shaped teachers' engagement with the evaluation process — related
- The merit award program's incentives increased student achievement in Chicago schools — related
- Merit award winners were nearly three times as likely to leave their school the following year (16.9% vs 5.9%), mostly leaving the district — related
- Fifty-seven percent of principals were highly enthusiastic about the Framework-based evaluation process while 43 percent held mixed to negative attitudes — related
- The EPIC evaluation baseline report compares student characteristics across the program's three partners and compares award-determination data with data on all students in the awarded schools — related
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Most principals in EPIC sites have positive attitudes toward EPIC and merit pay in general |
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Most principals in EPIC sites have positive attitudes toward EPIC and merit pay in general |
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2009 |
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2026-10-08 |
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2012 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-08 |
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