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Californians bribing students to come to school

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Paying students may not be such a crazy idea....

Don't think this will go anywhere though.

http://www.marginalrevolution.com/margi...evolution/2005/11/paying_for_perf.html

" Under the pilot, a national testing firm will devise a series of reading and math exams to be given to students at intervals throughout the school year.

Students will earn the cash equivalent to a quarter of their total score ? $20 for scoring 80 percent, for instance ? and an additional monetary reward for improving their grades on subsequent tests....

Levin said details about the number of exams, what grades would be tested, funding for the initiative ? which would be paid for with private donations ? and how the cash will be distributed are still being hammered out....

"There are people who are worried about giving kids extra incentives for something that they should intrinsically be able to do," Fryer said. "I understand that, but there is a huge achievement gap in this country, and we have to be proactive."

Original article at the post is apparently no longer at their website since the link gives me an error.


And an implementation of a similar and more detailed plan:

http://www.marginalrevolution.com/margi...evolution/2004/12/milton_friedman.html
 
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