Teacher Quality and Incentives Research Project教师素质与激励的研究项目.pptVIP

Motivation Teacher costs represent the largest share of educational expenditure Teachers play a key role in school quality and student learning Attracting and retaining qualified teachers, and motivating them to do the best work they can, is arguably the most important education challenge Components of the study Theoretical and empirical review of literature on teacher incentives Empirical analysis/update of relative teacher salaries in 17 Latin American countries 7 case studies/evaluations of education reforms affecting teachers Qualitative case studies in Chile and Peru of the political economy of teacher incentive reforms Research team Defining teaching quality What makes a teacher effective? In this study, we take the view that effective teachers are those whose students are learning, as measured by assessments of student achievement. Two cases of performance-based teacher incentive reforms Chile’s Sistema Nacional de Evaluación de Desempe?o de los Establecimientos Educacionales (SNED) Mexico’s Carrera Magisterial (CM) Characteristics of teacher incentive programs: SNED in Chile Introduced in 1996 Group-based incentive, awarded to highest-performing schools serving 25 percent of enrollment in each region School performance is measured by student test scores, taking into account absolute scores and learning progress, as well as characteristics of the student population in each school 90% of the SNED bonus is divided among all teachers in the winning school It represents between 5 and 7% of an annual salary Characteristics of teacher incentive programs: CM in Mexico Introduced in 1996 Group-based incentive, awarded to highest-performing schools serving 25 percent of enrollment in each region School performance is measured by student test scores, taking into account absolute scores and learning progress, as well as characteristics of the student population in each school 90% of the SNED bonus is divided among all teachers in the winning school It represents betw