About two-thirds of the 59 high-poverty schools in the Sparks program -- which pays seventh-graders up to $500 and fourth-graders as much as $250 for their performance on a total of 10 assessments -- improved their scores since last year's state tests by margins above the citywide average.
The gains at some schools approached 40 percentage points.
Monday, June 8, 2009
It's the Incentives, Stupid, II
What happens when you pay kids for better performance in school?
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