Friday, September 13, 2013

Mismatches in Race to the Top Limit Educational Improvement

See 9/12/2013 report: 

MISMATCHES IN RACE TO THE TOP LIMIT EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT: Lack of Time, Resources, and Tools to Address Opportunity Gaps Puts Lofty State Goals Out of Reach. 

The match between family- and community-based drivers of achievement  gaps and RTTT’s exclusive focus on within-school factors severely limits the initiative’s potential to achieve its goals
web version here  

pdf here