Teacher Incentives and Student Achievement: Evidence from New York City Public Schools
基于纽约市200多所公立学校的随机实验，发现教师金钱激励并未提高学生成绩、出勤或毕业率，甚至可能对大型学校的学生成绩有负面影响。
As global policy makers and school leaders look for ways to improve student performance, financial incentives programs for teachers have become increasingly popular. This article describes a school-based randomized trial in over 200 New York City public schools designed to better understand the impact of teacher incentives. I find no evidence that teacher incentives increase student performance, attendance, or graduation, nor do I find evidence that these incentives change student or teacher behavior. If anything, teacher incentives may decrease student achievement, especially in larger schools. The article concludes with a speculative discussion of theories to explain these stark results.