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Version 1.2 – Updated June 2023

Teacher performance pay

Overview

  • Influence: Teacher performance pay
  • Domain: School
  • Sub-Domain: School resourcing
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have a small positive impact
  • Influence Definition: When teacher pay is tied to some measure of the performance outcomes of their students (sometimes called merit pay).

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 1
  • Number of studies: 40
  • Number of students: 0
  • Number of effects: 40
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.05
  • Robustness index: 1

Meta-Analyses

Meta-Analyses
Journal Title Author First Author's Country Article Name Year Published Variable Number of Studies Number of Students Number of Effects Effect Size
American Educational Research Journal Pham, Nguyen & Springer USA Teacher merit pay: A meta-analysis. 2021 Merit pay on student performance 40 0 40 0.05
TOTAL/AVERAGE 40 0 40 0.05
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