by Diane Pan

References and Credits

References

  • American Federation of Teachers. (2005) Survey and analysis of teacher salary trends 2004. Washington, DC: Author.
  • Hanushek, E. A., Kain, J. F., & Rivkin, S. G. (2001, November). Why public schools lose teachers. Political Economy Working Paper 12/01. http://www.utdallas.edu/dept/socsci/working_papers/
  • Odden, A., & Kelley, C. (2002). Paying teachers for what they know and do: New and smarter compensation strategies to improve schools. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
  • Pan, D., Rudo, Z. H., Schneider, C. L., & Smith-Hansen, L. (2003, April). Examination of resource allocation in education: Connecting spending to student performance. Austin, TX: Southwest Educational Development Laboratory.
  • Rice, J. K. (2003). Teacher quality: Understanding the effectiveness of teacher attributes. Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute.

Credits

Author: Diane Pan

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Published in Insights on Educational Policy, Practice, and Research Number 19, February 2006, Getting Smart About Teacher Pay