1. Merit Pay Increases
Quality of Teachers
By: Graham Beckley and Megan Beaver

2. Three Reasons Why Merit Pay
Works

3. 1. People Respond to Incentives

4. They have to be the right kind
though . . .

5. It's all about 'loss aversion'

6. 2. Merit Pay Retains Quality
Teachers

7. What makes a quality teacher?
•
But the research shows:
Today's system Having a masters degree alone
has little to no effect on student
rewards: test scores.
• After the first the first three years
• Seniority of teaching, teachers are as
skilled in their 30th year of
• Academic credentials
teaching as they were in their
5th.
• Years of experience

8. Instead, we should focus on a
Value Added Model,
and compensate teachers
accordingly.

9. 3. New research is showing
positive results of merit pay on
student test scores.