North Carolina’s Race to the Top Proposal
North Carolina’s
Race to the Top Proposal
Why RTTT?• Teacher Incentive Grant
• School Improvement Grant
• Innovation Grant
• ESEA
• IDEA
• SFSF
• …….
RTTTObjectives
Seven NC Strategic Improvement Goals
1. Increase achievement
2. Increase high school graduation rates
3. Produce more career-ready and college-ready graduates
4. Increase the number of students who complete challenging capstone courses
Seven NC Strategic Improvement Goals(continued)
5. Increase the college-going rate
6. Decrease need for remedial mathematics and language arts courses
7. Improve student achievement growth in low-performing schools
Emerging RTTT Initiative Framework: Overview of Statewide Initiative
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Standards, Assessment, and AccountabilityFostering a Culture of Continuous Improvement
Use better measures of student learning
Have career and college ready students
Close the achievement gap
Have comprehensive accountability of schools, districts, and state
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Great Teachers and Leaders
Focus on effectiveness
Promote the profession
Focus on equity
Prepare smarter
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21st Century Teaching and Learning
Improved literacy instruction
All graduates college and career ready
Improved STEM instruction
Complete curriculum
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Innovate and Evaluate
Build and sustain innovation
Build and share the evidence base
Bring schools into the 21st century
Carmel MartinUS Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
RTTT Selection Criteria Points Overview
A. State Success Factors 125
B. Standards and Assessments 70
C. Data Systems to Support Instruction 47
D. Great Teachers and Leaders 138
E. Turning Around Lowest-Achieving Schools 50
F. General 55
TOTAL 500
Discussion
North Carolina’s
Race to the Top Website
www.racetothetop.nc.gov/