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Lauen, Douglas Lee – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2013
Pay for performance plans are spreading across the country due to the Obama administration's $4 billion Race to the Top initiative, which places a high priority on merit pay. Through a program that involved public accountability and bonuses, the state of North Carolina awarded more than $1 billion in school-based performance bonuses for meeting…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Science Tests, Science Instruction
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Stern, Mark – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2013
In 2009, the Obama Administration created a $4.3 billion dollar grant competition for states called "Race to the Top" (RttT). The money, earmarked from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, was to be distributed by the Department of Education to states who were making efforts to adhere to precirculated reforms supported by…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, School Restructuring
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Hourigan, Ryan – Arts Education Policy Review, 2011
This article provides an initial look at Race to the Top as it relates to professional development for arts educators. Topics include the philosophy of Race to the Top education reform, data informed professional development, performance pay, and how these changes may affect arts educators.
Descriptors: Art Education, Educational Change, Professional Development, Educational Philosophy
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Good, Thomas L. – Elementary School Journal, 2011
This article reflects on my 28-year tenure editing "The Elementary School Journal" ("ESJ"). During my tenure as editor, the educational system was in constant reform, from a Nation at Risk to No Child Left Behind. Considerable evidence suggests that these various reforms, which consumed vast resources, were not successful in…
Descriptors: Evidence, School Restructuring, Federal Legislation, Standardized Tests
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Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2011
The state's Race to the Top (RTT) application requires changes to the state's evaluation/accountability system. It requires a teacher effectiveness measure, district effectiveness measure, leader effectiveness measure. Regarding the teacher effectiveness measure, RTT requires linking the data of individual students to individual teachers as part…
Descriptors: School Effectiveness, Teacher Effectiveness, Accountability, Evidence
Tucker, Bill – Education Sector, 2010
Over the past decade, school districts and states have made impressive advances in collecting and managing data used for accountability purposes. By the year 2011, all 50 states will have systems to track students from year to year. But in most states and districts, all the data generated by these systems flows only one way: up. This paper…
Descriptors: Evidence, Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education, Educational Change
Redd, Zakia; Boccanfuso, Christopher; Walker, Karen; Princiotta, Daniel; Knewstub, Dylan; Moore, Kristin – Child Trends, 2012
The educational achievement and attainment of young people in the United States has been a long-standing issue of concern. While analyses of long-term trend data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) show that students in the United States have made gains in reading and mathematics over the past few decades, a sizeable…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Evidence, Intervention, Elementary Secondary Education
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Wong, Pia Lindquist; Glass, Ronald David – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2011
A central commitment for professional development schools (PDSs) is to link preservice teacher preparation and in-service teacher professional development with improved learning outcomes for pupils. PDSs are expected to improve student achievement in two primary ways: (1) by enriching and intensifying the learning environment through professional…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Professional Development Schools, Mentors, Academic Achievement