teacher compensation

EPI Working papers

Estimating the Effects of a Large Network of Charter Schools Managed by a For-profit Operator

March 1, 2018

Susan Dynarski, Daniel Hubbard, Brian Jacob

In this paper, we leverage randomized admissions lotteries to estimate the impact of attending a National Heritage Academy (NHA) charter school. NHA is the fourth largest for-profit charter operator in the country, enrolling more than 56,000...

Student walking down a hallway at school

Other reports

The Impact of No Child Left Behind on Students, Teachers, and Schools

October 1, 2010

Brian Jacob, Thomas Dee

The controversial No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) brought test-based school accountability to scale across the United States. This study draws together results from multiple data sources to identify how the new accountability systems developed in...

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When Principals Rate Teachers

March 1, 2006

Brian Jacob, Lars Lefgren

Elementary- and secondary-school teachers in the United States traditionally have been compensated according to salary schedules based solely on experience and education. Concerned that this system makes it difficult to retain talented teachers and...

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EPI Working papers

Principals as Agents: Subjective Performance Measurement in Education

June 1, 2005

Brian Jacob, Lars Lefgren

In this paper, we compare subjective principal assessments of teachers to the traditional determinants of teacher compensation - education and experience - and another potential compensation mechanism – value-added measures of teacher effectiveness...

teacher compensation

Estimating the Effects of a Large Network of Charter Schools Managed by a For-profit Operator

The Impact of No Child Left Behind on Students, Teachers, and Schools

When Principals Rate Teachers

Principals as Agents: Subjective Performance Measurement in Education

What female economists learned bringing research to White House policy making

Education policy in the next Michigan: What the think tanks think

Matthew Springer: Teacher pay for performance