New York City Abandons Teacher Bonus Program – S. Otterman

Otterman, Sharon. “New York City Abandons Teacher Bonus Program.” The New York Times. July 17, 2011. Retrieved on August 22, 2011. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/18/education/18rand.html?_r=1

After a 3-year, 56 million dollar, pay-for-performance experiment New York City Schools cut their merit pay program because the RAND Corporation, after comparing 200 schools, found that the NYC merit pay program had no effect on student performance or on the way teachers did their jobs.