National Center On Performance Incentives

Preschool alone is not the silver bullet to end poverty or close achievement gaps. Read More

As schools nationwide prepare for the new academic year, education experts from Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of education and human development are available for back-to-school interviews on a variety of topics. Read More

Peabody experts are available to talk to media regarding the bill known as No Child Left Behind. Read More

The latest research on the nation’s key education issues will be presented by Vanderbilt University Peabody College faculty April 27 - May 1 at the American Educational Research Association’s annual conference in San Francisco. Read More

Education experts from Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of education and human development are available to speak about merit pay, No Child Left Behind, school choice, immigration, pre-K, reading, gifted education, financial aid, ESL, bullying and more. Read More

Education experts from Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of education and human development are available to talk to media regarding the much-anticipated bill that would overhaul the Elementary and Secondary Education Act – also known as No Child Left Behind. Read More

Education experts from the Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development are available for back-to-school interviews. Read More

New research from the National Center on Performance Incentives at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College finds teacher salaries have significant consequences on school staffing and workforce quality. Read More

A look back at 2010, in no particular order. Read More

(istock) Top teacher ratings were linked to longer-lasting pre-K effects, according to a new study. Researchers at Vanderbilt’s Peabody College of education and human development drew on data from the Tennessee Voluntary Pre-K Effectiveness Study and Tennessee Department of Education’s teacher evaluation system to… Read More

(istock) Top teacher ratings were linked to longer-lasting pre-K effects, according to a new study. Researchers at Vanderbilt’s Peabody College of education and human development drew on data from the Tennessee Voluntary Pre-K Effectiveness Study and Tennessee Department of Education’s teacher evaluation system to… Read More

(istock) Top teacher ratings were linked to longer-lasting pre-K effects, according to a new study. Researchers at Vanderbilt’s Peabody College of education and human development drew on data from the Tennessee Voluntary Pre-K Effectiveness Study and Tennessee Department of Education’s teacher evaluation system to… Read More

Rewarding teachers with bonus pay, in the absence of any other support programs, does not raise student test scores, according to a new study issued today by the National Center on Performance Incentives at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of education and human development in partnership with the RAND Corporation. Read More