Welcome to The ECS Redesigned Teacher Compensation Database

The Education Commission of the States has created an interactive online database with research on a number of redesigned teacher compensation programs. Although this is not an exhaustive list of redesigned teacher compensation programs, a diverse array of program types and elements are covered. To be considered for inclusion in this database programs needed to have incentives in the form of a base pay increase or bonus for teachers AND needed to link those incentives to some measure of student achievement, or needed to have an "at-risk" component.

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Search by program level, or search for programs that address high needs, hard-to-staff or urban schools. Other diversified teacher compensation initiatives include the Milken Family Teacher Advancement Program (TAP) and the federal Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF).

State-Level Programs	Programs with At-Risk Components
District-Level Program	TAP
Local-Level Program	TIF

State-Level Programs
State-level programs include states with legislation in place to fund district-level programs. Some state programs are mandatory for all districts within the state, while others have a voluntary application process through which districts apply to participate in the program.
Click here to see a report of all state-level programs, or select a program from the list below by clicking on the program name.
	State	Program
	Alaska	Public School Performance Incentive Program
	Arizona	Arizona Career Ladder
	Arizona	Classroom Site Fund (CSF)
	Arkansas	Comprehensive Testing and Accountability Program
	Arkansas	Incentives for Teacher Recruitment and Retention in High Priority Districts
	Florida	Special Teachers Are Rewarded (STAR)
	Georgia	Georgia Salary Structure Components
	Hawaii	Felix Response Plan (FRP)
	Minnesota	Quality Compensation (Q Comp)
	Mississippi	Mississippi Performance Based Pay (MPBP) Plan
	New York	Teachers of Tomorrow Teacher Recruitment and Retention Program
	North Carolina	ABCs
	Texas	Educator Excellence Awards
	Virginia	Incentives for Hard-to-Staff Schools

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District-Level Programs
District-level programs include programs that are controlled and function at the district level and include all schools within the district.
Click here to see a report of all district-level programs, or select a program from the list below by clicking on the program name.
	District	Program
	Mobile, AL	Mobile Transformed Schools Program
	Denver, CO	Professional Compensation (ProComp)
	Charlotte-Mecklenburg, NC	High School Challenge EOC Retention Program
		STAR Program
		Performance-Based Pay Pilot
	Guilford, NC	Mission Possible
	Aldine, TX	Aldine Independent School District (AISD)
	Houston, TX	Houston Independent School District (HISD)

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Local-Level Programs
Local-level programs include initiatives targeted at a specific school or a specific subset of schools within a district.
Click here to see a report of all local-level programs, or select a program from the list below by clicking on the program name.
	Location	Program
	Vaughn, CA	Vaughn Next Century Learning Center
	Hamilton County, TN	Benwood Initiative

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Programs with an At-Risk Component
Programs with at-risk components are those that target hard-to-staff, low-performing, low-income or urban schools.
Click here to see a report of all programs with at-risk components, or select a program from the list below by clicking on the program name.
	Location	Program
	Mobile, AL	Mobile Transformed Schools Program
	Arkansas	Incentives for Teacher Recruitment and Retention in High Priority Districts
	Vaughn, CA	Vaughn Next Century Learning Center
	Denver, CO	Professional Compensation (ProComp)
	Georgia	Georgia Salary Structure Components
	Hawaii	Felix Response Plan (FRP)
	Mississippi	Mississippi Performance Based Pay (MPBP) Plan
	New York	Teachers of Tomorrow Teacher Recruitment and Retention Program
	Charlotte-Mecklenburg, NC	High School Challenge EOC Retention Program
	Guilford, NC	Mission Possible
	Texas	Educator Excellence Awards
	Aldine, TX	Aldine Independent School District (AISD)
	Virginia	Incentives for Hard-to-Staff Schools

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