Under the headline, “Next Question: Can Students Be Paid to Excel?” Jennifer Medina of the New York (NY) Times reported about an ambitious test of incentives for student performance. Here’s her lead (lede?):
The fourth graders squirmed in their seats, waiting for their prizes. In a few minutes, they would learn how much money they had earned for their scores on recent reading and math exams. Some would receive nearly $50 for acing the standardized tests, a small fortune for many at this school, P.S. 188 on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
The project is one of several conducted by Roland G. Fryer, an economist who teaches and conducts research at Harvard University. It’ll be interesting to see how it evolves and what results.
Link to Ms. Medina’s story.
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