New York’s progress on Race to the Top ‘accelerated,’ federal report says
Denise Jewell Gee
New York State had spent little more than a third of its federal Race to the Top education funds as of September, but had “accelerated implementation progress” in all areas of its plan to update standards and accountability measures in the state’s public schools, according to the federal Department of Education.
The department on Wednesday released a progress report of New York State’s $696 million Race to the Top plan that found the state is meeting many of the goals set out in its application for federal education grant money, but noted that the state continued to experience delays in launching a new data portal that could be used to monitor student and school progress.
The report also noted that New York State has faced delays developing tests and curriculum materials for sixth- through eighth-grade science, social studies and arts because of the slow pace of state and national decisions on content standards.
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