Skip to main content
profile image
Selected Works of Jim Raines
Article
Implications of Race to the Top Grants on Evaluation of School Social Workers
Children and schools (2012)
  • Michelle E. Alvarez, Minnesota State University, Mankato
  • Christine Anlauf Sabatino, The Catholic University of America
  • Andy J. Frey, University of Louisville
  • David R. Dupper, University of Tennessee
  • Brenda Coble Lindsey, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
  • James C. Raines, California State University, Monterey Bay
  • Frederick Streeck, Frederick Streeck, MSW, is executive director, School Social Work Association of America, Sumner, WA.
  • Anne McInerney, Anne McInerney, MSW, is lead school social worker, St. Paul Public Schools, St. Paul, MN.
  • Molly Norris, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Link
Abstract
As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-5), the U.S. Department of Education (2012a) has awarded more than $4.35 billion for Race to the Top (RTT) grants to states that were willing to implement school reform. The grant proposals were required to address educational reform in the areas of improving student outcomes, standards and assessment for students, and teacher and principal evaluations that incorporate student outcome data (U.S. Department of Education, 2012b). In 2010, 11 states (Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee) and the District of Columbia were awarded RTT funds, and in 2011, seven states (Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey, Pennsylvania) received funding (U.S. Department of Education, 2012b). This editorial addresses the evaluation mandate component of RTT and its implications for school social...
Disciplines
Publication Date
October, 2012
DOI
10.1093/cs/cds032
Citation Information
Michelle E. Alvarez, Christine Anlauf Sabatino, Andy J. Frey, David R. Dupper, et al.. "Implications of Race to the Top Grants on Evaluation of School Social Workers" Children and schools Vol. 34 Iss. 4 (2012) p. 195 - 199
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jim-raines/4/