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Download full textNational Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2019
Four recent publications describe the progress of nine states that received Round 1 Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) grants in implementing systems that rate early learning and development programs on quality and help them improve. These systems are known as tiered quality rating and improvement systems (TQRIS). RTT-ELC had…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Herrmann, Mariesa; Kirby, Gretchen; Deutsch, Jonah; Wolfendale, Clare; Esposito, Andrea Mraz; Caronongan, Pia Carmina; Dragoset, Lisa – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2019
The Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) grants program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), aimed to increase the number of high quality early learning and development programs. RTT-ELC awarded $520 million in the first of three rounds of grants to help states…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
US Department of Education, 2013
The Race to the Top Assessment program was authorized as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). In September 2010, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) awarded competitive, four-year grants to two consortia of states, the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) and the Smarter…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Career Readiness, College Readiness, Annual Reports
Direct linkKolbe, Tammy; Rice, Jennifer King – Educational Policy, 2012
The Race to the Top fund (RTT) is intended to be a major federal investment in state and local education capacity and systemic education reforms aligned with federal policy priorities. In coming years, questions will be asked about the extent to which investments made through the RTT grant program improve educational productivity and…
Descriptors: Productivity, Educational Change, Public Education, Federal Aid
Nyhan, Paul – New America, 2014
Early education has been a growing priority for the Obama administration, and its competitive funding is spurring innovation in this field around the country. In 2013, early education journalist Paul Nyhan, author of this report, conducted case studies of four competitive grant programs that are triggering changes in early education: "Race to…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Federal Aid, Competition, Federal Programs
McGuinn, Patrick – Educational Policy, 2012
This article offers an analysis of the origins, evolution, and impact of the Obama administration's Race to the Top (RTTT) competitive grant program and places it in the broader context of the debate over the No Child Left Behind Act and the shifting intergovernmental relations around education. RTTT is fundamentally about two things: creating…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Program Effectiveness, Educational Change, Incentive Grants
