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performance incentives their growing impact on american k 12 education
p the concept of pay for performance for public school teachers is growing in popularity and use and it has resurged to once again occupy a central role in education policy . performance incentives their growing impact on american k 12 education offers the most up to date and complete analysis of this promising yet still controversial policy innovation . p performance incentives brings together an interdisciplinary team of experts providing an unprecedented discussion and analysis of the pay for performance debate by p identifying the potential strengths and weaknesses of tying pay to student outcomes ; p comparing different strategies for measuring teacher accomplishments ; p addressing key conceptual and implemen tation issues ; p describing what teachers themselves think of merit pay ; p examining recent examples in arkansas florida north carolina and texas ; p studying the overall impact on student achievement .