Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Executive Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter One: Introduction -- A Brief Overview of the Schoolwide Performance Bonus Program -- Purpose of the Evaluation -- Data Collection and Analysis -- Organization of the Report -- Chapter Two: Background on Pay-for-Performance Programs and the New York City SPBP -- Background on Pay-for-Performance Programs -- Research Findings About School-Based Bonus Programs -- The New York City Schoolwide Performance Bonus Program -- Summary -- Chapter Three: Research Methods -- Research Questions -- Conceptual Framework -- Data Collection and Analysis -- Study Limitations -- Summary -- Chapter Four: Implementation of the Schoolwide Performance Bonus Program: Attitudes About and Understanding of the Program -- General Attitudes -- Attitudes About the Bonus -- Communication and Understanding -- Summary and Discussion -- Chapter Five: Implementation of the Schoolwide Performance Bonus Program: Compensation Committee Process and Distribution Plans -- Compensation Committee Process -- Distribution Plans: Staff Preferences and Final Plans -- Response to Distribution Plans -- Summary and Discussion -- Chapter Six: Implementation of the Schoolwide Performance Bonus Program: Perceived Effects of the Bonus and Program Participation -- School Improvement -- Effects on Individuals -- Summary and Discussion -- Chapter Seven: Effects on Progress Report and Student Test Scores -- Data -- Basic Analytic Approach -- Sample -- School-Level Analysis: SPBP Effects on Progress Report Components -- Student-Level Analysis: SPBP's Effect on Student Test Scores -- Student Test Score Findings -- Summary and Discussion -- Chapter Eight: Teacher Attitudes and Behaviors in SPBP and Control Schools -- Methodology -- Findings.

Summary and Discussion -- Chapter Nine: Conclusions and Implications -- Key Findings -- Discussion -- Recommendations -- Implications for Pay-for-Performance Policy -- References.