Title

Teacher Pay and Teacher Quality

Year

1997

Abstract

Ballou and Podgursky offer solid economic analysis on issues surrounding the debate over whether increasing salaries for teachers leads to a more qualified teaching workforce. The authors find little evidence to support the link between increased salaries and teacher quality, then address two questions: (1) What went wrong? and (2) Which reforms are likely to meet with increased success?

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Indicators of Teacher Quality
  3. Teacher Pay and Recruitment
  4. What Went Wrong
  5. Prospects for Reform
  6. The Private Sector
  7. Conclusion

Sponsorship

Research financed by the W.E. Upjohn Institute

ISBN

9780880991773 (cloth) ; 9780880991766 (pbk.)

Subject Areas

EDUCATION and TRAINING; K-12 Education; Teachers and compensation; EMPLOYMENT and COMPENSATION; Unions and collective bargaining