Henry, Gary T., and Ross Rubenstein. "Paying for Grades: Impact of Merit-Based Financial Aid on Educational Quality." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, vol. 21, no. 1, 2002., pp. 93-109 ProQuest. Retrieved 2016 December 10
Henry and Rubenstein consider merit based aid programs to improve students grades. Georgia's HOPE program has shown that the graduation rates continue to grow since it's inception in 1993. Overall, this program, where merit based financial aid, has shown success with student's graduation rates and that paying for grades would be a logical practice not only the student for but, for the teachers and the school system.
Kremer, Michael et al. “INCENTIVES TO LEARN.” The Review …show more content…
Some states are offering cash rewards for passing college level tests. Other areas are offering prizes like ipods. They offer bribes for good grades. Critics of this program doesn't motivate students to get good grades, it just makes them lazy.
Eisenkopf, Gerald. "Paying For Better Test Scores." Education Economics 19.4 (2011): 329-339. Education Research Complete. Web Retrieved 2016 December 10
When kids are offered incentives change students behavior. This doesn't improve academic performance. This study shows that when students have a salary based payout verses a fixed payout they were more willing to guess on a multiple choice test instead of studying to get a better grade.
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Kahne, Joseph, and Kim Bailey. "The role of social capital in youth development: The case of “I Have a Dream” programs."" Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 21.3 (1999): 321-343.
Motivating at risk students to exert more effort in their formal education through financial incentives is an underlying theme, though, in the "I have a dream" program that began in New York City and is now spreading to cities across the United States. This is an extreme approach and has many different effects on success in early