Race to the Top

Race to the Top (RTTT) is a competitive America Recovery and Reinvestment (ARRA) grant program which will provide more than $4 billion dollars to states for the purpose of advancing reforms around four specific areas

• Adopting standards and assessments that prepare students to succeed in college and the workplace and to compete in the global economy;
• Building data systems that measure student growth and success, and inform teachers and principals about how they can improve instruction;
• Recruiting, developing, rewarding, and retaining effective teachers and principals, especially where they are needed most; and
• Turning around our lowest-achieving schools.

In January 2010, NH and 39 other states submitted proposals for the Phase I funding. Delaware and Tennessee were the only two recipients of Race to the Top Phase I. States not funded in Phase I may submit a Phase II application by June 1, 2010. New Hampshire was not one of the 19 finalists chosen to potentially receive Race to the Top (RTTT) funds.

• Press Release

New Hampshire's Phase II Proposal (submitted June 1, 2010)

• Narrative
• Appendices
• Priorities

Phase I Information

Summary of NH's RTTT Proposal (not part of application)

New Hampshire's Proposal

• Signatures and Assurances (5 pages)
• Section A: State Success Factors (reform strategy and approach) (46 pages)
• Section B: Student Academic Standards and Assessment (15 pages)
• Section C: Data Systems to Support Instruction (14 pages)
• Section D: Great Teachers and Leaders (40 pages)
• Section E: Turning Around the Lowest Achieving Schools (17 pages)
• Section F: State Reform Conditions and Criteria (state funding, charter schools) (18 pages)
• Competitive Priorities (13 pages)
• Budget Summary and Narrative (5 pages)

To view our scoring information and the comments we received, see the U.S. Department of Education Web site: www2.ed.gov/programs/racetothetop/phase1-applications/index.html.

U.S. Department of Education's Request for Proposals (requirements)

More information is available at the U.S. Department of Education's Race to the Top Web site.

Additional application components are available upon request

Sallie Fellows
Commissioner's Office
Sallie.Fellows@doe.nh.gov

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