Learning in secondary > Monetary incentives to teachers (eLS) > Fryer 2012 ii
Detailed Information
Country | Country: United States |
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GDP per capita | 52.569 |
Context details | Low performing students from low-income minority families; 98% of the students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch |
Age | Grades 3-8 |
Implementation year | 2010 |
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Implementer | Government |
Duration (months) | 9 |
Cost | The expected value of the reward ($4,000) is equivalent to approximately 8% of the average teacher salary in Chicago Heights |
Intervention details | Teachers received $87 per percentile increase in test scores based on own performance; 9 schools participated |
Evaluation design | Randomized evaluation |
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Cluster definition | Individual |
Sample | Outcome | Test | Source Table | Observations | Statistics on Effects |
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Grades 3-8 | Language | ThinkLink Assessment | N/A | 1310 | Coeff: 28.50; SE: 11.60; SD: 100.00 |
Grades 3-8 | Math | ThinkLink Assessment | 3 | 1310 | Coeff: 17.80; SE: 10.60; SD: 100.00 |