Sentences with phrase «allowed states the flexibility»

ESSA removed NCLB's across - the - board school accountability system, allowing states the flexibility to identify and remedy low performing schools.

High school reform should include making sure that we are measuring the relevant skills; allowing states the flexibility to design systems that produce results; using multiple measures to assess achievement; allowing the use of growth models; including commonsense flexibility for students with special needs; involving educators in planning; and effectively addressing dropout rates.

[6] A better strategy for reaching that goal would be to transform Title I by allowing states the flexibility to make Title I dollars «portable,» so that the dollars follow the child to the school or educational option of the parents» choosing.

Among the programs highlighted, the report included ESSA's Title III provision that allows states flexibility when improving immigrant...

As evidenced by the U.S. Department of Education's recent move to allow states flexibility in using growth models to calculate average yearly progress, there is a growing consensus that indicators of teacher effectiveness should be based on student growth rather than on predetermined levels of performance.

Today, President Obama outlined a new federal waiver process to allow states flexibility from some of NCLB's sanctions if they meet several conditions.

In addition to allowing states flexibility in how they measure student success, ESSA also allows districts to use a «nationally recognized» high school test such as the SAT or ACT in place of the state's high school exam.

A phased - in 2020 - 29 compliance trajectory, to reflect that the proposed rule allows states flexibility to determine their pre-2030 trajectory, if they meet interim targets on a 10 - year average or cumulative basis

To attract state buy - in, the agency's rule establishes different targets for different states and allows states flexibility in implementing plans.

The proposed Clean Power Plan rule that came out last year allows states flexibility to pick from a host of pollution - reducing technologies and policies when designing their compliance plans.

It also allowed states the flexibility to include market - based mechanisms, such as averaging or trading, to help power companies identify least - cost emission reductions.

One commenter opposed the effective dates for special enrollment periods under § 155.725 (j) and recommended allowing States flexibility to prescribe their own effective dates for initial, annual, and special enrollment periods, because there may be other implications to the effectuation of coverage for employees and dependents with a special enrollment period.

Amundson also says in this piece that the new indicator «has great potential to allow states the flexibility of looking at some of the things we know are important in terms of what really constitutes a high - quality education.»

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And while the bill's supporters argue that the legislation is a sensible fix that gives states much - needed flexibility on health care programs, the AMA, AAMC, and AARP say it would benefit the young, the healthy, and the rich at the expense of the old, the sick, and the poor by taking hacksaw to the Medicaid program that covers low - income Americans and allowing states to opt out of benefits requirements and other regulations under Obamacare, formally known as the Affordable Care Act.

The emergency declaration would also free up public health emergency funds at the Department of Health and Human Services, and grant individual states more flexibility in how they use federal dollars, and allow them to direct more funds toward addiction treatment and prevention.

But instilling a culture where managers are equally flexible across the board, care about their employees as people and allow them the time to impute data in an alpha state of mind can help us move forward in workplace flexibility while advancing productivity.

The draft also allows for a bit of flexibility; provisional registrants are defined as those who register with their states to conduct virtual currency business but do not conduct business in such great volume as to be licensed, nor a low enough volume to be considered exempt.

I like work flexibility because it will allow me to see more of my family that lives in another state, as well as be available more for my dad who is going to be 82 this year.

Also, greater flexibility in the use of Title V «Well - Rounded» funds would allow state and local educators to better support entrepreneurship education.

Similarly, the head of the Oregon Historical Society was quoted as saying, «The fact that there has been no dominant religion has allowed a moral flexibility that a lot of states don't have.»

About three thousand students are already benefiting from the latest wrinkle in five states, «education savings accounts,» which provide even more flexibility to families by allowing those who withdraw their children from public schools to receive a deposit of public funds into government - authorized savings accounts that can be used to pay for private school tuition, online learning programs, private tutoring, educational therapies, or college costs.

Mark Jackson said after the game he feels comfortable allowing Draymond to defend all five positions, and that ability to be malleable gave Golden State the flexibility to go use at attacking offensive lineup in the third quarter.

The USDA messed this one up by putting too many limits and constraints, and it is «nanny state» - ish in that they are not allowing Foodservice directors enough flexibility to do their jobs.

They were designed to allow flexibility for state associations that collectively oversee the more than 15,000 high schools across the country that have football programs.

The real problem is that much «Wall of Separation» rhetoric implies there is a clear, impregnable line between church and state activity when in practice over the twentieth century the principle of church - state separation has become one of lively democratic contestation and a degree of flexibility, allowing Catholics and other religious organizations to enter the public sphere and participate on the same terms as any other group.

It retains the historic tax credit, which was used to restore the Hotel Syracuse, it no longer taxes the tuition waivers that some graduate students use to pay for school and it allows taxpayers some flexibility on whether they want to deduct their state income, sales or property taxes - capped at $ 10,000.

Cuomo made the announcement on the mayoral control extension as part of a broader agreement on a range of issues, including an extension of state control of the New York Racing Association, testing for lead in school drinking water and new flexibility for charter schools to allow them to switch to the Board of Trustees of State University of New York for oversstate control of the New York Racing Association, testing for lead in school drinking water and new flexibility for charter schools to allow them to switch to the Board of Trustees of State University of New York for oversState University of New York for oversight.

In a statement, the governor said, «extending the state budget also allows us flexibility to adjust to future federal changes, which if enacted, could cost the state billions.

«We have the flexibility to implement procedure that are consistent with state laws and regulations,» Diamond said, adding he believed his office had «what is needed to allow us to go forward.»

• Voters appeared ready to approve a referendum that would allow the state to create a 250 - acre land bank in the Adirondacks and the Catskills while giving local communities more flexibility in making infrastructure improvements.

Computer science researchers at North Carolina State University and Universidade de Lisboa have developed a tool for use with the game Skyrim that can be used to create nonplayer characters (NPCs) that allow for more variability and flexibility in game play.

While some of the laws allow for state - approved conservation or other flexibility, legal experts say ranchers often understand the laws to be absolute.

This program allows each eligible state the flexibility to capitalize on its individual strengths, resources, and circumstances to build its scientific capacity.

Dr. Kris - Etherton stated that they were planning to develop different food patterns that would allow a great deal of flexibility in diet choices.

Gov. George W. Bush of Texas signed into law last week a bill that will streamline the state's education code and allow local school districts greater management flexibility.

• Allow for participating LEAs and schools to request flexibility from state requirements necessary for the success of their competency - based education efforts throughout the pilot or innovation program process, rather than limiting those requests only to the time of initial application.

When enforcing a constitutional right to education, federal courts should establish clear guidance about what that right requires, while also allowing for flexibility in how states implement it.

The same flexibility that allows states and school districts to use less - punitive restructuring approaches when they are appropriate could also allow them to avoid applying tough consequences to schools that really do merit them.

This message comes through even in the area where CCSSO is asking for new and important flexibility from federal rules (permitting states to allow districts to pilot new approaches to assessment).

In the latest NMC Horizon Report: Higher Education Edition, Johnson, Becker, Estrada, and Freeman state that «In order to breed innovation and adapt to economic needs, higher education institutions must be structured in ways that allow for flexibility, and spur creativity and entrepreneurial thinking».

Although the administration is constrained by the parameters of the law, the education department should continue to allow for as much flexibility for states as possible.

The current move toward block grants by state and federal agencies is a welcome one, as it has the potential to allow districts sufficient flexibility to pursue their strategic goals and to reallocate money as needed.

So, I would ask them to support my constitutional amendment because that allows the state of California to do the things it needs to do to deal with the state's share of problems as well as local governments having the flexibility to negotiate changes to future contracts.

And they will likely tweak the accountability regulations to better align with the flexibility provided by the law — to allow states not to publish summative ratings of schools, for instance.

AEI's Rick Hess likened the Botel letter to an exercise in Soviet bureaucracy, and Fordham's Mike Petrilli called it «mind boggling» given Secretary DeVos's insistence that she'd allow states significant flexibility.

The administration will allow states greater flexibility to use other teacher - evaluation methods, such as student and parent surveys and observation and feedback systems.

Instead of arguing whether charter schools should be included in No Child Left Behind, a more fruitful question is how to ensure that state accountability schemes allow enough flexibility for boutique programs within the public system while not opening up loopholes that low - quality schools can slip through.

Arizona, California, Florida, Louisiana, and Michigan have large numbers of charter schools and allow for flexibility regarding state plan participation.

Eliminate federally mandated interventions and allow states and school districts the flexibility to develop and implement appropriate school improvement strategies;

Federal officials should allow Arizona school leaders to decide the best way to measure student progress and make good on the federal commitment to give states more flexibility through ESSA.