| Product Description | This report reviews existing knowledge about alternative pay systems and analyzes the Douglas County (Colorado) School District Pay for Performance Plan (PPP). |
| Authors | Robert Reichardt & Rebecca Van Buhler |
| Target Audience | Policymakers
Administrators |
| Ways to Use this Product | As a resource for determining the benefits and detriments of alternative pay systems. |
 Key Ideas | - Alternative teacher compensation systems have been implemented in many districts throughout the United States, yet these systems seldom persist and there is little evidence of their ability to influence teacher decisions about working in a district.
- This study examines the effect on teacher recruitment and retention of one of the longest-running alternative teacher compensation systems in the country, the Douglas County School District Pay for Performance Plan (PPP), which was enacted in the summer of 1994.
- Using state-level data sets, this study investigates whether the Douglas County School District in Colorado has a lower attrition rate overall and for qualified teachers, and whether new teachers are more qualified than their counterparts in other districts in the state that use traditional pay systems.
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 How to Get this Product | Download the PDF file. |
| APA Citation | Reichardt, R. & Van Buhler, R. (2002). Recruiting and retaining teachers with alternative pay. Aurora, CO: Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning. |
