Performance pay for teachers
Subtitle: linking individual and organisational-level targets
By: David Marsden and Richard Belfield.
Contributors: Belfield, Richard, 1975-; London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
Series: CEP discussion paper ;; no. 703; Discussion paper (London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance : Online) ;; no. 703.
Publisher: Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Description: "The introduction of performance-related pay and performance management schemes in the maintained, state, school sector represents a considerable change in the school management system. This paper combines the results of opinion surveys of classroom and head teachers with Department for Education and Skills school performance data to consider the operation and impact of the new system in England since 2000. We find that teachers'response to the new system losely resembles that of other groups of public service workers to similar schemes. In particular, teachers appear not to be greatly motivated by the financial-incentive element of the system. However, the goal-setting and appraisal aspect of the system is steadily establishing itself in schools, and seems to be giving rise to a better alignment of teacher and school objectives and with those of national level policy objectives. We present tentative evidence that improvements in goal setting within schools are positively related to rising pupil academic performance."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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