1. Race to Top Now Faces Acid Test.
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Cavanagh, Sean, Sparks, Sarah D., and Sawchuk, Stephen
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U.S. states , *EDUCATIONAL planning , *TEACHER evaluation , *EDUCATIONAL finance - Abstract
The article reports that several U.S. states were granted federal funding through the U.S. federal Race to the Top competition in August 2010, including Hawaii, Florida, and Massachusetts. The challenge of each state to put the $4 billion to use to reshape teacher-evaluation systems, fix struggling schools, and establish data systems is discussed. The fairness of the judging strategy of the states' applications by the U.S. Education Department on criteria is discussed.
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- 2010