This brief examines the extent to which states that received RTT grants (RTT states) and states that did not (non-RTT states) reported requiring teacher evaluation policies aligned with RTT priorities as of spring 2012.

A substantial number of regulatory frameworks are commonly viewed by impartial observers as inordinately complex. Is there an explanation for this phenomenon? Employing a partial equilibrium model, this paper approaches the problem of complexity from a political-economy vantage point. It...