Teacher Transfer Initiative
About the Intervention
The Teacher Transfer Initiative (TTI) is a program that enables principals of low-performing schools to provide financial bonuses to high-performing teachers when they transfer to and stay in the low-performing schools. Eligible teachers must be in the top 20% in their district on student test score growth and teach grades 3-8. Teachers who fill vacant positions through TTI can receive up to $20,000 in bonuses over 2 academic years, paid out in five installments contingent upon both transferring into and remaining in the targeted school. The program targets schools serving the lowest-performing students in the district. Transferring teachers receive a brief orientation.
Statistical Findings
Positive effect: on elementary mathematics achievement in Year 2
Positive effect: on elementary reading achievement in Year 2
No effect: on elementary mathematics achievement in Year 1
No effect: on elementary reading achievement in Year 1
No effect: on middle school mathematics achievement in Year 1
No effect: on middle school reading achievement in Year 1
No effect: on middle school mathematics achievement in Year 2
No effect: on middle school reading achievement in Year 2
More Intervention Details
Focus Areas
Economically DisadvantagedPrograms & Services
General Education, Title IDelivery Methods
Face-to-FaceDisability Support
N/ATarget Groups
Teachers/Instructional Teams, Schoolwide PolicyCitation
(2015). WWC Review of the Report "Transfer Incentives for High-Performing Teachers: Final Results from a Multisite Randomized Experiment." What Works Clearinghouse Single Study Review (ED555632). ERIC. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED555632.pdf.
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