A new study was just released today from the Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) at Stanford that examined the use of incentive programs in charter schools. Do incentives like field trips, t-shirts and iPods--rewards that have a short time frame between behavior and consequence-- provoke students to do better? It was an exploratory study that looked at a limited non-random sample of charters so, like all research, there are limitations to this study. But the report, written by ES board member (disc.) Macke Raymond, suggests that when school staff is on board and committed to the reward program and the rewards are given in a consistent and continuous way, these kinds of incentives can motivate students to improve.
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