Joint Letter Between Alliance for a Better Community and The Education Trust—West on California's Race to the Top Eligibility
The Alliance for a Better Community (ABC) and The Education Trust -- West (ETW) -- two organizations leading statewide education reform efforts -- applaud key measures in recent legislation that increase California's competitiveness for Race to the Top funds. Critical reform areas include provisions to: provide alternate credentialing paths; increase the quality of instruction in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math; allow revisions to the Academic Performance Index (API) that add college and career readiness measures; and allow for the removal of the firewall that links student and teacher data to support instruction while allowing researchers to access state education data.
Publication date:
February 1 2010