Center for Educator Compensation Reform
The Center for Educator Compensation Reform (CECR) is a Department of Education funded organization that raises national awareness about alternative and effective strategies for educator compensation reform. Along with colleagues at Vanderbilt University, CECR provides guidance and technical assistance to grantees receiving support from the U.S. Departement of Education Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) Initiative. CECR focuses on issues of measurement, data systems, data quality, observational evaluation, and process redesign. For more information, see the CECR Web site.
CECR’s Web site serves as an online repository for information, tools, and resources to help policymakers, state officials, and district professionals, as well as TIF grantees, design and implement educator compensation reform policies and programs.
Additional CECR Links
- Data Quality Essentials (PDF)
- Information Technology Considerations (PDF)
- Essential Elements of a System to Measure the Performance of Schools and Classrooms/Teachers with Respect to Student Achievement (PDF)
CECR Publications
Macroergonomics of education reform: A framework for transforming merit-based educator compensation systems. Sara Kraemer, Chris Thorn, and Jeffrey Watson. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 2008.
Contact
Chris Thorn
Phone: (608) 263-2709
Office: 370G Ed Sciences
cathorn@wisc.edu