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	<REFERENCE_TYPE>31</REFERENCE_TYPE>
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		<AUTHOR>Jason C. Snipes</AUTHOR>
		<AUTHOR>Janet C. Quint</AUTHOR>
		<AUTHOR>Shelley Rappaport</AUTHOR>
		<AUTHOR>Lynne Steuerle Schofield</AUTHOR>
	</AUTHORS>
	<YEAR>2006</YEAR>
	<TITLE>Doing What Counts: Design Principles for a Study on Teacher Incentives</TITLE>
	<ABSTRACT>&lt;p&gt;Temple University and MDRC describe many of the varied and complex issues associated with pay for performance and then outline a rigorous research agenda designed to surface &amp;ldquo;reliable evidence about the use of financial and non-financial incentives to recruit and retain high-quality teachers for underperforming schools.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Snipes, J.C.; Quint, J.C.; Rappaport, S.; Schofield, L.S. (2006). Doing what counts: Design principles for a study on teacher incentives. MDRC and the Laboratory for Student Success, Temple University Center for Research in Human Development and Education (Feb. 2006). Retrieved from the MDRC 5 May 2008. http://www.mdrc.org/publications/421/full.pdf&lt;/p&gt;</ABSTRACT>
	<URL>http://www.mdrc.org/publications/421/full.pdf</URL>
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