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Fall 2008

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 24, Number 1

Categories: Education | Fall 2008

Paying Teachers for Advanced Degrees: Evidence on Student Performance from Georgia

Noel D. Campbell, University of Central Arkansas

Edward J. Lopez, San Jose State University

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise24(1),2008,33-49PayingTeachersforAdvancedDegrees:EvidenceonStudentPerformancefromGeorgiaNoelD.CampbellUniversityofCentralArkansasEdwardJ.LópezSanJoseStateUniversityandLibertyFund,Inc.AbstractGeorgiaofferssalaryincentivesforK-12educatorstoobtainpostbaccalaureatedegrees,intendingtoimprovestudentperformance.Inthispaper,weevaluatetheempiricalrelationshipbetweenadvanceddegreesearnedbyteachersandstudentpassratesonthestatehighschoolgraduationtest.Moreadvanceddegreesdonotsignificantlyimprovepassrates.Weconcludethedevilisinthedetails.Itiswellknownthateducationalperformanceistheproductoftheinteractionofmanyfactors,particularlyfamilyandsocio-economicvariables.Previousliteraturealsodrawsonlyaweakrelationshipbetweenteacherqualityandsalaryincentives.Thus,Georgia’sexperiencesuggestsitisdifficulttodesigneffectivepolicythatdependsonindirectincentivestoperform.Certainpoliciesmayfailbecausetheyareill-conceived,orbecauseinterestgrouppressuresinterfereintheirplanningorexecution.Butsometimespoliciesfailbecausethereissimplyalimittogovernment’sabilitytosolveproblems.JELCodes:I220,I280Keywords:Stateeducationfinance,Teacherpay,StateeducationpolicyI.IntroductionInnearlyanycomparisonofeducationalperformance,GeorgiaregularlyscorespoorlyrelativetootherstatesPublicationofsuchfindingsis,asexpected,followedbypublicofficialsannouncingtheneedtoimprovepubliceducationinthestate.StateofficialsinGeorgiahadapromisingidea:giveK-12teachersamonetaryincentivetoincreasetheirformalacademicqualifications.Thereasoningbehindthepolicyisthatbetterqualifiedteacherswillproducehigherqualityeducationalservices;teachersacquiringmore33

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Title	Paying Teachers for Advanced Degrees: Evidence on Student Performance from Georgia
Authors/Creators:	Noel D. Campbell, University of Central Arkansas Edward J. Lopez, San Jose State University
Year:	2008
Volume:	24
Number:	1
Pages:	33 - 49
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Educational Policy, K-12 Education, Economics of Education, Teacher pay

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Campbell, Noel D.; Lopez, Edward J. / 2008. "Paying Teachers for Advanced Degrees: Evidence on Student Performance from Georgia." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 24(1): 33-49.