High Needs, Highfliers: The Impact of Teacher Incentive Funding Across Louisiana

• In Event: 33.080 - Poster Session 6
  In Poster Session: 33.080-4 - Policies for Improving Teacher and Leadership Effectiveness

Abstract

Many researchers posit that improving the quality of the nation’s teaching workforce is the best policy intervention for raising student achievement. The federal Teacher Incentive Fund program has awarded over $750 million through 125 grants aimed precisely at increasing the effectiveness of educators in high needs schools. This evaluation takes a utilization approach to examine the impact of TAP™: The System for Teacher and Student Advancement (TAP) on student achievement across 66 high-needs schools in Louisiana. Results indicate that schools employing TAP have significantly greater improvement in student achievement than a matched sample of schools not using TAP.

Authors

• Peggy C. Kirby, Education Development Center, Inc.

• Kellie Wills, National Institute for Excellence in Teaching

• Joshua H. Barnett, National Institute for Excellence in Teaching

• Leigh D'Amico, University of South Carolina