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Committee vote may endanger Md. Race to Top grant

Committee vote may endanger Md. Race to Top grant

Committee vote may endanger Md. Race to Top grant

Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, November 8, 2010; 7:41 PM

A Maryland legislative committee voted Monday to reject a new regulation requiring that half of teachers' evaluations be based on student progress, calling into question the future of a $250 million federal Race to the Top grant.

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The move is a challenge to a core component of the education plan proposed by Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) and State Schools Superintendent Nancy S. Grasmick in the spring. The federal money was awarded in part because Maryland promised that student progress would be such a large component of the evaluations, and President