Supplemental Studies

Texas Studies

Texas currently operates the nation’s largest state-funded performance incentive program called the Governor’s Educator Excellence Award Program (GEEAP). GEEAP consists of three performance incentive initiatives. The first is the Governor’s Educator Excellence Grant (GEEG) program which operates in nearly 100 public schools. The Texas Educator Excellence Grant (TEEG) program, with program guidelines very similar to that of the GEEG program, operates in over 1,000 public schools. The final initiative is District Awards for Teacher Excellence (DATE) for which all public school districts are eligible. These three initiatives are projected to allocate an approximate $247 million per year to high-performing educators when fully-funded in the 2008-09 school year.

NCPI is currently evaluating two GEEAP initiatives, GEEG and TEEG, which include a series of five research activities. To learn more about NCPI’s research objectives in Texas please click on the links below.

NCPI has completed first year evaluation activities for the GEEG and TEEG programs. Findings are featured in our annual evaluation reports listed below.

Please revisit this site in coming months for additional information and forthcoming evaluation reports related to NCPI’s work in Texas.