Louis J. Sheehan. More and more school districts are banking on
improving student performance using cash incentives -- a $1,000 payout
for high test scores, for example. But whether they work is hard to say. http://ljsheehan.blogspot.com
In the latest study of student-incentive programs,
researchers examining a 12-year-old program in Texas found that
rewarding pupils for achieving high scores on tough tests can work. A
handful of earlier studies of programs in Ohio, Israel and Canada have
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