We propose an incentive pay scheme for educators that links educator compensation to the ranks of their students within … optimal levels of effort to all students. Because this scheme employs only ordinal information, our scheme allows education …

students on community college campuses. Scholarships were awarded in three payments each semester over the course of two … semesters. Payments were tied to students meeting two conditions—enrolling at least half time and maintaining a “C” or better … earned each semester. One year after random assignment, program group students were more likely to persist at their program …