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Archive Home > 2008 > June > 20 > Study: Incentives may boost student scores

Study: Incentives may boost student scores


June 20, 2008

Offering students tangible rewards for performance may help boost their test scores, according to research from the Center for Research on Education Outcomes at Stanford University.

The study examined incentive programs at charter schools and found that students gained an average of 4 percentile....

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