Still Searching for the Evidence? Evidence-based Policy, Performance Pay and Teachers  

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Farrell, Catherine ; Morris, Jonathan

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Industrial Relations vol. 51 no. 1 (Feb. 2009), page 75–94.
Topik: evidence-based policy; performance related pay; teachers; UK
Fulltext: 75.pdf (195.63KB)

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The evidence based policy (EBP) movement became prominent in the UK in the late 1990s, portrayed as an ideology-free method of policy development and implementation. This article assesses the EBP claims by analysing a case study of one piece of policy implementation, namely the introduction of performance-related pay (PRP) for schoolteachers in England and Wales. Using primary and secondary sources, the article argues that while previous evidence was brought into the policy development processes, it was largely ignored. Indeed, prosaic political considerations may well have shaped the policy. Indeed, the teachers’ attitudes towards PRP suggest that few of the objectives will be met.

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