The Race to the Top initiative is a $4.35 billion grant program included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to encourage states to implement education reforms. The U.S. Department of Education recently issued draft guidelines explaining how the grants will be awarded.
A new report from the National Research Council comments on the guidelines and offers recommendations for how reforms funded by Race to the Top should be evaluated. The report will be released on Wednesday, Oct. 7.
Source: National Academy of Sciences