II.A: Game Changing Reforms

Provide incentives to States to implement large-scale, system-changing reforms that improve student achievement, close achievement gaps, and increase graduation and college enrollment rates.

Other Information:

The Race to the Top program, a $4.35 billion fund created under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), is the largest competitive education grant program in U.S. history, warranting unprecedented transparency and participation to ensure the best possible results. The $4 billion for the Race to the Top Fund is designed to provide incentives to States to implement large-scale, system-changing reforms that improve student achievement, close achievement gaps, and increase graduation and college enrollment rates. As the Department embarks on an unprecedented level of flexible, collaborative technical assistance with grantees, we will continue to work to not only support our grantees, but to share their lessons nationwide. As part of their grants, States are required to make any work developed with the funds freely available to others. States may do this by posting their work on a web site that we identify (unless the work is otherwise protected by law or agreement as proprietary information).

Stakeholder(s):

• States


• Students

Indicator(s):

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