Final Evaluation Report: Tennessee’s Strategic Compensation Programs

This report is the fourth and final in a series of annual evaluation reports for three federally- funded strategic compensation initiatives in Tennessee. In 2010, the Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) received over $500 million through a combination of Race to the Top (RTTT) and Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) grant funds designated for reforming educator compensation as part of a larger effort to develop and retain great teachers and school leaders. Tennessee’s RTTT proposal included two initiatives, the Competitive Supplemental Fund (CSF) and the Innovation Acceleration Fund (IAF), which supported Local Education Agencies (LEAs) as they planned, designed, and implemented strategic compensation programs. These two initiatives, combined with a $36 million TIF grant (TN TIF2), involved 14 LEAs and almost 200 Tennessee schools over the duration of the 5 year grant.