This Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) annual performance report for the year 2015 describes Rhode Island's accomplishments, lessons learned, challenges, and strategies Rhode Island will implement to address those challenges. In 2015, Rhode Island made significant progress toward its ambitious but achievable goals under the Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge Grant. Rhode Island's progress is the result of a fully implemented system of resources and supports to early learning programs and the workforce which has increased the number of high-needs children who have access to high quality programs that promote school readiness. In year four, Rhode Island realized the following key accomplishments in policy and systems development by fully implementing its coordinated system to support programs, the workforce, and children: (1) increased participation in the state's Tiered Quality Rating and Improvement System (TQRIS), BrightStars; (2) increased program quality; (3) increased developmental screening rates; and (4) integrated data collection through the newly developed early care and education data system. In the fourth year of implementation, Rhode Island faced two challenges which will be addressed in 2016: delays in the promulgation of the family child care regulations and delays in procurement. [For "Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge Year 2015 Progress Update," see ED583454.]