Cash incentives ‘don’t boost GCSE results’

Parents who use financial incentives to encourage their children to do well in their GCSEs may be wasting their money, a study suggests.

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Dr Kevan Collins, chief executive of the Education Endowment Foundation, which published the research, said: “The use of incentives in schools is not a new idea and can appear attractive to schools and parents who are trying to motivate their children.

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Read the press release on the EEF website here.

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• Cash rewards “don’t improve GCSE exam results”, new research finds (Independent)
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