Sentences with phrase «nclb accountability waiver»

A group of California districts have jointly applied for an NCLB accountability waiver.

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CORE and its member districts have partnered with TransformEd to assist member districts to fulfill public reporting obligations under its federally - approved waiver from No Child Left Behind school accountability provisions (NCLB waiver), approved by the US Department of Education (USDOE) on August 6th, 2013.

If the NCLB law has not been reauthorized by the time President Barack Obama leaves office, it's not clear if a new administration will continue with the waivers or put its own accountability plan in place.

Supersubgroups: Under the Obama administration's NCLB waivers, some states choose to combine several «subgroups» for accountability purposes, resulting in what's known as «supersubgroups.»

Waiver Extensions: The process to allow states to keep their waivers — and keep from having to go back to the NCLB accountability system — for one additional year.

Accountability provisions such as these are likely to be muted under the new NCLB waivers, which stipulate that states must focus their improvement efforts on the lowest - performing 15 % of schools, but de-emphasize performance of student sub-groups in every school.

It would require state accountability systems to designate schools and districts based on their performance against these targets (so there would be a bit more flexibility than NCLB or waivers).

Granting district waivers to circumvent state - level accountability not only overturns NCLB, it upends the core of ESEA accountability.

But even Congress's most vociferous NCLB detractors and most passionate local - control advocates should bristle at the idea of district accountability waivers.

An unusual alliance, to be sure, but it will likely be the death knell of NCLB (and waiver) provisions that tie testing to accountability, whether for schools or for educators.

The Obama administration is granting states waivers to NCLB that all but eliminate the school accountability provisions that law introduced.

Today's approach to standards and accountability is exemplified by the goals of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), the Obama administration's revisions of NCLB through Race to the Top and discretionary state waivers, and the Common Core State Standards movement.

«Differentiated Accountability and Education Production: Evidence from NCLB Waivers.»

By the time the 2012 elections moved into full swing, the Obama administration was issuing waivers to states exempting them from the most punitive parts of NCLB in exchange for sketching out their own state plans for improving teacher quality, academic standards and creating better accountability systems.

States with waivers from NCLB like Maine are now using normative comparisons to make accountability decisions, meaning the absolute proficiency levels have little bearing on a school's accountability.

As California supports districts statewide to embark on this improvement journey, there are important lessons to be learned from the CORE districts, six of which developed an innovative accountability system under a waiver from No Child Left Behind (NCLB).

Accountability issues to watch under NCLB waivers.

If one wants to understand the true interests of the education establishment when it comes to pausing test - based accountability, one only need take a close look at the NCLB waivers given by Secretary Duncan to about 40 states to date.

The No Child Left Behind Act prescribed sanctions for schools and districts failing to make «Adequate Yearly Progress,» and even under the waivers that most states have now obtained from NCLB's accountability provisions they must still show how they will take action on their lowest - performing schools.

So U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has offered to give out waivers to exempt states from meeting NCLB's accountability standards — and Indiana's going to apply for one.

The NCLB waivers take away that same accountability measure for the top 85 % of schools.

And, a majority of the states that have applied for ESEA waivers to opt - out of the current No Child Left Behind (NCLB) accountability system include school climate and / or prosocial education as part of their desired alternative accountability system.

LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy has expressed great enthusiasm for the 10 - district effort to win a so - called «waiver» from some aspects of the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, which sets accountability rules and governs the distribution of billions in education funding from Washington.

Duncan has granted 43 states and seven California districts temporary waivers from NCLB's sanctions and given them the ability to create alternative school accountability plans.

Such reliance remains even though the Obama administration has granted waivers to 43 states as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico from many NCLB's mandates, including the law's central accountability provision.

The Politics K - 12 Team at Education Week surveyed all 50 states regarding their use of «super subgroups» in their NCLB waivers that «can no longer be used in place of individual subgroups of student for accountability purposes» under ESSA.

Data dashboards can help alleviate some of the shortcomings in accountability systems that have been in place in the wake of NCLB and the systems that states have implemented under waivers to that law.

Currently, these quantitative accountability measures are in place in every state, although the Obama administration has granted waivers of some NCLB requirements to a number of states.

Far from nullifying NCLB, the waivers are simply another tool used for the same end — the promotion of standards, testing, and accountability.

NCLB waivers have given states a chance to expand their accountability systems beyond the law's narrow limits, but most of the states that have received waivers have not taken full advantage of that opportunity.

This year it is waiver of NCLB standards, as we hear of cheating, students and schools that are not meeting the latest standards, increased pressure for student accountability, and state and federal budget woes.

No Child Left Behind Waivers: Promising Ideas from Second - Round Applications An evaluation of states» No Child Left Behind (NCLB) waiver plans by the Center for American Progress (CAP) finds states are significantly changing their school accountability and educator effectiveness policies but that certain details of their reform plans remain murky.

Oklahoma will not lose control over a portion of its federal funding next year, according to state officials, who announced Monday that the U.S. Department of Education has restored the state's waiver from the 2001 accountability law known as No Child Left Behind (NCLB).

States with NCLB waiver plans would be able to continue their accountability systems; all other states would have to develop systems that include student achievement and growth; English language proficiency; and, for high schools, graduation rates.

The new guidance highlights accountability system transitions for states with No Child Left Behind (NCLB) waiver flexibility, and addresses changes to Title I, Title II, and Title III programs.

As a condition of Texas» waiver from NCLB requirements — necessary to ensure exemption from unattainable accountability standards and the flexibility of federal funds — USDE had required the state to ensure that student growth at the individual teacher level would be a significant component of teacher appraisals.

A coalition of 10 California districts that together serve more than 1 million students also submitted an NCLB waiver proposal, which raises questions about both the wisdom of a department decision to grant flexibility at the district level and the state's ability to manage two different school accountability systems.

Evers and Walker hope to receive waivers for NCLB requirements once their accountability system is in place.

As mentioned in last week's Capitol Connection, Harkin's bill eliminates the Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) model and allows states to use the accountability and teacher evaluation systems in place under No Child Left Behind (NCLB) waivers or to create new systems that establish their own student academic performance standards.

He suggested that the Obama administration's NCLB waivers balance accountability with well - rounded education by providing states and districts with flexibility to include subjects other than reading and math in their accountability systems and encouraging their development of metrics like portfolios, essays, and oral exams to reflect student mastery of critical - thinking skills.

Meanwhile, with three statesopenly defying NCLB's strictures and at least ten states preparing waiver requests, it looks like «states may have a mishmash of different accountability systems,» says Jennings, who expects «the vast majority of states» to apply for waivers by the time Duncan releases his regulations.

CORE, along with a majority of states, has been operating under a federal waiver program that offered relief from the demands of NCLB in exchange for a number of conditions — one of them was to create new systems for student achievement and school accountability.

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.

Offered states waivers from NCLB's adequate yearly progress requirements if they promise to implement their own systems of differentiated accountability.

And because states have already experienced some accountability freedoms through the administration's NCLB waivers, a few pioneering states are using that flexibility to pilot holistic approaches to accountability — a trend that is sure to grow as more educators, parents, and policymakers push back on standardized testing.

With most U.S. states having waivers from certain NCLB requirements, dashboards are shaping new accountability systems.

A second letter — signed by more than a dozen civil rights organizations — looks more specifically at equity in the accountability systems required under No Child Left Behind (NCLB) waivers.

Based on his support for the initiative, and recent U.S. Department of Education criteria for granting NCLB waivers to states that pledge higher standards for student performance, greater accountability, and improved teacher effectiveness, Secretary Duncan clearly believes that it did.

So, what are districts to do when they are to follow the letter of the law, and the accountability policies being financially incentivized by the feds, and then the states (e.g., via Race to the Top and the NCLB waivers)?