Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) Grantee Meeting

June 5 & 6, 2008

Agenda, Slide Presentations and Handouts

Materials from the Thursday, June 5th, General Session

The Other 69 Percent: Designing a Performance-Based Pay System for Teachers of Non-Tested Subjects and Grades, English Language Learners, and Students with Disabilities 488 KB PDF
Cynthia D. Prince, Pd.D., Vanderbilt University; and Panel of TIF Grantees

Materials from the Thursday, June 5th, Concurrent Sessions

Teacher and Principal Observations 384 KB PDF
Anthony Milanowski, Ph.D., Wisconsin Center for Education Research, University of Wisconsin—Madison; and Patrick Schuermann, Ed.D., Vanderbilt University

Essential Elements of a System to Measure the Performance of Schools and Classrooms/Teachers with Respect to Student Achievement 240 KB PDF
Robert Meyer and Christopher Thorn, Ph.D., Wisconsin Center for Education Research, University of Wisconsin—Madison

Paying for and Sustaining a Performance-Based Compensation System 372 KB PDF
James W. Guthrie, Ph.D., and Cynthia D. Prince, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Materials from the Friday, June 6th, General Session

TIF APR Submission Technical Assistance 244 KB PDF
April Lee, U.S. Department of Education

Materials from the Friday, June 6th, TIF Grantee Panel

Identifying and Responding to Challenges in Implementing Performance-Pay 2.9 MB PDF
Carla Stevens, Houston Independent School District

ProComp: Aligning Denver's Teacher and Principal Programs 264 KB PDF
Kathleen Kochis, Denver Public Schools

South Carolina TAP: Performance-Based Compensation Through the Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) 288 KB PDF
Jason Culbertson, South Carolina Department of Education

CMS/CTAC LEAP Initiative - High School Challenge and Its Implications for Years One and Two Teacher Incentive Fund Differentiated Compensation Payout 88 KB PDF and CMS/CTAC LEAP Initiative - Issue Paper #2: Year 1 Payout Criteria 72KB PDF
Melissa Earls, Charlotte/Community Training and Assistance Center

Materials from the Friday, June 6th, Closing Session

The Corruption of School Accountability: How Experience with Quantitative Measurements in Other Sectors can Inform the Use of High-Stakes Test Scores in Education 144 KB PDF
Richard Rothstein, Economic Policy Institute

Teacher Compensation Reform: A Market-Based Perspective 1.8 MB PDF
Michael Podgursky, Ph.D., University of Missouri—Columbia

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