Sentences with phrase «federal testing requirements»

On many issues — merit pay, requiring tests to graduate from high school, or maintaining federal testing requirements — partisan differences were relatively small.

While state school districts can choose which academic standards to use, federal testing requirements often lead them to adopt the state's standards.

These same companies will have to approximately double the volume of business they handle to meet the expanded federal testing requirements in ESEA.

In April, the USDE placed Illinois in what the agency calls «high - risk status» for not complying with federal testing requirements, according to correspondence provided to the Tribune Friday by the Illinois State Board of Education.

What they need, at minimum, is a one - year waiver from federal testing requirements so that instead of wasting this school year administering the same old damaging and worthless high - stakes tests, they start planning for the future.

It maintained the basic federal testing requirement but gave states leeway to help address concerns about «overtesting.»

Public opinion on maintaining federal testing requirements shifted in the president's direction by only 4 percentage points when respondents were told of his position, with support falling by 1 percentage point among Republicans and increasing by 6 percentage points among Democrats.

When the survey asked whether respondents favor maintaining current federal testing requirements, 62 percent of the public say yes, though only 50 percent of teachers agree (see Figure 7).

To ease the testing burden, the administration will provide states with guidance about how they can satisfy federal testing requirements in less time or in more creative ways, including federal waivers to No Child Left Behind that the Education Department readily has handed out.

It predates federal testing requirements enacted under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and continued under its successor, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

July 16, 2015 • As Congress debates the future of No Child Left Behind, one state falls short of federal testing requirements.

Federal testing requirements remain virtually the same.

The Whiteboard survey also came shortly after the introduction of a Republican approach to updating the Elementary and Secondary Education Act — a bill that among other things would eliminate many federal testing requirements.

He had indicated a willingness to grant states a one - year waiver from federal testing requirements if each student took both the English language arts and math tests.

They have assembled a collection of odd bedfellows — the major teachers unions, which have never been happy with federal testing requirements; civil rights groups; and, interestingly, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

The findings are noteworthy, researchers said, because they come as states are gearing up to comply with the federal testing requirements outlined in the No Child Left Behind Act.

You say it would be a mistake for lawmakers to roll back federal testing requirements or go back to the «old days» when there were none.

Key congressional Republicans have suggested they will consider paring back the federal testing requirements.