Offering financial awards to effective educators as part of a principal-training initiative¶

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Description¶

New Leaders for New Schools, a nonprofit committed to training school principals, heads an initiative that "offers financial awards to effective educators." The strategy ties monetary recognition to identified educator effectiveness, with school effectiveness measured in this project by the value-added model Mathematica developed for the Memphis City school district.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

A method for identifying effective educators or schools, such as the value-added model used here
Funding for financial awards

Constraints¶

Described here only as implemented in the Memphis City school district during the first year of the project

Target Learners¶

K-12 students in the Memphis City school district

Target Learning Goals¶

Improving student performance by recognizing and rewarding effective educators

Examples¶

Key Sources¶

Kevin Booker, Eric Isenberg. (2008). Measuring School Effectiveness in Memphis. Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/measuring-school-effectiveness-in-memphis

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`title`	`Offering financial awards to effective educators as part of a principal-training initiative`
`description`	`New Leaders for New Schools, a nonprofit committed to training school principals, heads an initiative that "offers financial awards to effective educators." The strategy ties monetary recognition to identified educato...`
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