In December 2011, Pennsylvania was awarded $41,326,299 under the federally‐funded Race to the Top (RTTT) grant program. The primary objective of Pennsylvania’s Race to the Top Local Education Agency (LEA) Grant program is for participating local entities to adopt and implement Pennsylvania’s Educator Effectiveness instrument and to use the evaluation process and results to inform local decisions regarding professional development and staff retention in support of student achievement.

The evaluation of RTTT consists of two major components: an implementation study (formative) and an impact evaluation (summative). Data sources include program documents, observations, focus groups, and feedback surveys. This evaluation report focuses on implementation during Year 1.

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