Sentences with phrase «accountability waiver requests»

But regardless of its contents, this application — and similar district - accountability waiver requests — should be denied for two reasons.

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Additionally, waiver requests must be made available to the public to ensure accountability and provide American farmers and food providers an opportunity to seek out school districts that need affordable American - grown food.»

He has boasted that state waiver requests «capture» tens of thousands more students by using lower thresholds for the number of students who count toward accountability.

To date, two states (New Hampshire and New York) have submitted plans to the U.S. Dept. of Education that included waiver requests, and Florida «wrote its accountability plan in such a way that critics say it skirts the law.»

But when asked whether Texas could request a waiver from federal accountability requirements, Morath stated that there was no precedent for that to his knowledge nor did he think one would likely be granted.

With its waiver request, CORE seeks a new system of accountability based on four goals: (1) expectations of college and career readiness for all students, (2) an emphasis on capacity - building over accountability, (3) fostering of intrinsic motivation for change, and (4) targeted capacity - building for instructional and leadership effectiveness.

«In our request for waivers from No Child Left Behind's broken system for evaluating schools, we advocate for accountability for results for all publicly funded schools,» he said.

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.

The federal Education Department has already received waiver requests from 11 states, and one of the conditions for getting a waiver is developing a new accountability plan.

Based on an analysis of states» waiver requests, 51common accountability system changes under waivers included:

House education chairman John Kline (R - MN) and Senator Lamar Alexander (R - TN), the top - ranking Republican on the education committee, have requested that the Government Accountability Office (GAO)-- Congress's investigative arm — conduct a study on the department's Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) waiver policies, specifically examining the cost of applying for such waivers and the implications of the waivers on teacher and principal evaluation systems.