Sentences with phrase «esea flexibility waivers»

Secretary Duncan's administration has included dual and concurrent enrollment in a number of the Department's programs throughout his six year term, including Race to the Top, College Access Challenge Grants, Investing in Innovation grants, Promise Neighborhoods, Youth CareerConnect, School Improvement Grants, and ESEA Flexibility Waivers.

To this end, the Center for American Progress analyzed ESEA flexibility waivers and accountability workbooks, supplementing the data from those sources with information and materials from state departments of education.

Our examination specifically reviewed state plans for explicit details about how states planned to use ESEA flexibility waivers and the 21st Century Community Learning Center, or 21st CCLC, optional waiver for comprehensive school redesign to add time for student learning and teacher collaboration and planning.

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As for ESEA flexibility waivers, a condition of receiving a federal waiver from No Child Left Behind was that states have in place «college - and career - ready standards.»

«This is a big change from the Education Department's ESEA flexibility waivers, which required them to revamp these reviews and to integrate student achievement,» he notes.

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For more information and resources on about Virginia's ESEA flexibility waiver, see ESEA Flexibility.

The Utah State Office of Education (USOE) proposes to request two amendments to the State's approved ESEA flexibility waiver request.

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Waiver - Waivers: Special one - year waivers granted to states, including those that are not participating in ESEA flexiWaivers: Special one - year waivers granted to states, including those that are not participating in ESEA flexiwaivers granted to states, including those that are not participating in ESEA flexibility.

Indeed, the ESEA waiver application had clear requirements, and the state made promises, got the flexibility, isn't meeting its obligations, and is now being held accountable.

In September 2011, President Obama announced ESEA Flexibility, a new public education waiver plan to grant state education agencies increased flexibility in meeting NCLB reFlexibility, a new public education waiver plan to grant state education agencies increased flexibility in meeting NCLB reflexibility in meeting NCLB requirements.

She advised the secretary and assistant secretary on the Obama Administration's major education reform initiative, ESEA flexibility, which grants waivers of key provisions of the ESEA in exchange for state - led reforms in the areas of standards and assessments, accountability, and educator evaluations.

7 ESEA Waiver Flexibility Request, U.S. Department of Education, revised February 10, 2012, accessed August 27, 2013, available at http://www2.ed.gov/policy/elsec/guid/esea-flexibility/index.html.

Superintendent Huppenthal was given 60 days to make two revisions: (1) adjust the graduation rate to account for 20 % of a school's A-F letter grade instead of the proposed 15 % and, as most pertinent here, (2) finalize the guidelines for the teacher and principal evaluations to comply with Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Flexibility (i.e., the NCLB waiver guidelines).

Per the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) flexibility waiver provisions, ten percent of Virginia's Title I schools (72) are identified as focus schools based on reading and mathematics achievement of students in the three proficiency gap groups.

In particular, consider the implications of ending the waivers (referred to in the webinar as ESEA flexibility or ESEA waivers) as of August 1 of this year.

Yet the state legislature is prepared to enact a bill that would virtually ensure that the state loses out on $ 40 million dollars through Race to the Top, and a much - needed ESEA waiver that would bring flexibility for state spending of $ 350 million in federal dollars on behalf of students statewide.

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) flexibility waiver provisions specify the identification and exit criteria for identification of schools as priority schools:

The Obama administration's 2011 waivers from particular NCLB provisions, known as ESEA flexibility, marked the beginning of a departure from this limited focus.6 By 2015, the U.S. Department of Education had approved 42 states and the District of Columbia for ESEA flexibility, giving them the opportunity to expand accountability measures beyond test scores and graduation rates.

Nearly every state in the country applied for Secretary Duncan's ESEA Flexibility offer, and most ultimately secured waivers.

Department of Educations Extends Transition Flexibility Waivers for StatesThe Department of Education will consider, on a state - by - state basis, requests for flexibility in two areas: the timeline for using results of teacher and principal evaluation and support systems that meet the requirements of Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) flexibility for personnel decisions, and field testing new assessments aligned to college - and career - readyFlexibility Waivers for StatesThe Department of Education will consider, on a state - by - state basis, requests for flexibility in two areas: the timeline for using results of teacher and principal evaluation and support systems that meet the requirements of Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) flexibility for personnel decisions, and field testing new assessments aligned to college - and career - readyflexibility in two areas: the timeline for using results of teacher and principal evaluation and support systems that meet the requirements of Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) flexibility for personnel decisions, and field testing new assessments aligned to college - and career - readyflexibility for personnel decisions, and field testing new assessments aligned to college - and career - ready standards.

While good in theory, SES had many implementation problems, 12 including low participation rates and lack of quality control.13 In some districts, there were scandals involving providers overcharging districts, hiring tutors with criminal records, or violating federal regulations.14 In all districts, SES siphoned off Title I funds, leaving less for other important Title I programs.15 The tutoring program was eventually phased out as the Department of Education began implementing «ESEA Flexibility,» 16 also known as waivers, and it was scrapped all together under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).17

I invite each interested SEA to request this flexibility pursuant to the authority in section 9401 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), which allows me to waive, with certain exceptions, any statutory or regulatory requirement of the ESEA for an SEA that receives funds under a program authorized by the ESEA and requests a waiver.

Much of the work our SECC performs in the five states it serves is focused on supporting programs authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Flexibility Waivers.