Contents Acknowledgements .......................................................................................................... 3 Executive Summary .......................................................................................................... 4 Recommendations ............................................................................................................ 6 PBC Structure................................................................................................................ 6 PBC Organization Alignment........................................................................................ 7 PBC Design.................................................................................................................... 8 Implementation .............................................................................................................. 8 PBC Payouts ................................................................................................................. 8 Mitigating Risks.............................................................................................................. 9 Methods of Data Collection ............................................................................................ 13 Participants ...................................................................................................................... 14 Report Scope .................................................................................................................. 14 Limitations ........................................................................................................................ 15 PBC Systems: Challenges ............................................................................................. 16 Challenges Reported from the Top Down .................................................................... 16 Sustained Growth in Student Performance .............................................................. 16 Teacher Performance Expectations .......................................................................... 17 Quantifying Student Achievement ............................................................................. 17 Planning and Execution .............................................................................................. 18 Foresight: Challenges Reported from the Bottom Up ................................................. 19 Students’ Stake in Test Outcomes ........................................................................... 19 Student Achievement vs. Test Performance ............................................................ 20 Work Environment ....................................................................................................... 20 Uncontrollable Factors ................................................................................................ 20 Recommended PBC System ......................................................................................... 21 PBC System Components ............................................................................................. 23 Qualitative Measure: Teacher Effectiveness ............................................................. 23 Quantitative Measure of Student Achievement ........................................................ 28 School-Wide Quantitative Goals ................................................................................ 29 Quantitative Measures for 1st and 2nd Grade Teachers ........................................... 31
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