The New York Times has an article today about a program which pays students for acing their standardized tests. How much is a test score worth? Up to $50, which was quite a bit to me when I was in fourth grade. I'm not sure, but they do not seem to be using value-added scores, which means that they are focussing the incentive on achievement (which is only partially in the student's control) rather than effort (which is somewhat more under the student's control).
One might argue that paying students for test scores is the reductio ad absurdum of performance pay. I’m not ready to make the argument myself, but I can see how it might go.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
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