The Effects of Performance-Based Teacher Pay on Student Achievement

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Abstract: I evaluate the effects on student achievement of the Teacher Advancement Program (TAP), a school-level intervention that offers teachers professional development resources and performance-based compensation. Because TAP typically targets low-performing schools, assignment to the intervention is nonrandom. I use synthetic control matching methods to circumvent this selection bias. I then use a difference-in-differences model to estimate the effects of TAP on state achievement exam scores in reading and mathematics. I find that students in TAP schools outperform students in comparison schools by roughly one-fifth of a standard deviation in mathematics. I find mixed results in reading.

Type of resource	text
Date created	May 2010

Author	Hudson, Sally
Primary advisor	Hoxby, Caroline
Degree granting institution	Stanford University, Department of Economics

Subject	Stanford Department of Economics
Subject	teacher pay
Subject	performance-based pay
Subject	synthetic control matching
Genre	Thesis

Related item	Title 2010 Firestone Medal for Excellence in Undergraduate Research
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/wt115zy1065

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Preferred Citation: Hudson, Sally. (2010). The Effects of Performance-Based Teacher Pay on Student Achievement. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/wt115zy1065

Stanford University, Department of Economics, Honors Theses

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