Drawing on data from our Teacher Contract Database, we examine master’s degree premiums across four areas:
- State policy landscape: how state mandates influence district implementation of master’s degree premiums.
- Longitudinal trends: changes in the average master’s degree premium through time.
- District policy landscape: how master’s degree premium structures and costs vary across districts.
- Opportunity cost: the financial investment required from districts to pay for master’s degree premiums—and what they’re giving up in exchange.