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ERIC ED323611: The Entrepreneurial Restructuring of Public Educatio... |
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The findings of a pilot study of Pennsylvania's School |
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Performance Incentive (SPI) program are presented in this |
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report. School level incentive policies as elements of |
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the entrepreneurial context of educational restructuring |
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and an organizational model for an incentive-based merit |
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system are also discussed. The study examines the effect |
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of SPI on school outcome measures upon which monetary |
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rewards were contingent and on school personnel behavior. |
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Test performance data from 2,584 schools and dropout |
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rates of 1,132 schools that qualified and did not qualify |
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for rewards were analyzed by year. Personal and telephone |
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interviews with teachers, principals, and superintendents |
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in 13 elementary and secondary schools were also |
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conducted. Analysis of performance data found no evidence |
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of an incentive effect on school performance measures |
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and/or on personnel behavior. Interviews indicated that |
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SPI outcomes may be due in part to insufficient |
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information dissemination and communication and to |
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attitudes of disinterest and hostility. It is concluded |
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that two of the three state program goals have been |
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achieved: annual cash rewards for significant educational |
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improvement; and improved collegial participation, but |
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that the third goal, further school performance |
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improvement, has not been achieved. Comprehensive |
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research, organization, and favorable political attitudes |
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are needed for successful reform initiation. An attached |
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article describes an incentive-based merit system model. |
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Tables and a list of 18 references are included. (LMI) |
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Date Published: 2014-11-20 14:08:48 |
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Identifier: ERIC_ED323611 |
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Item Size: 48337563 |
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Language: english |
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Media Type: texts |
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