In the process of obtaining flexibility, states such as North Carolina worked with the U.S. Department of Education to set performance goals that meet federal expectations while meeting the needs of students and states. (americanprogress.org)
As prescribed in that legislation, every child was supposed to be proficient, but to comply with federal expectations many states «dumbed down» their definition of student proficiency. (educationnext.org)
TEI helped us understand federal expectations and supported us in finding the right evaluation focus for our program and outlining a preliminary evaluation plan. (tribaleval.org)