Achieve is a leading national voice for raising expectations for American high schools so that all students graduate ready for what’s next. To assist the 35 states in its American Diploma Project (ADP) Network, Achieve created a series of briefs on how states could use the U.S. Department of Education’s “Race to the Top” competition to advance their college- and career-readiness agenda. Public Impact drafted the brief on teacher effectiveness, providing guidance for states on meeting – and going beyond – the Race to the Top criteria.