Sentences with phrase «federal waiver requirements»

The Oregon Framework for Teacher and Administrator Evaluation and Support Systems incorporates state legislation (Senate Bill 290), rules adopted by the Oregon State Board, and federal waiver requirements.

Although ESSA nullified waivers requiring that states implement test - based teacher evaluation systems, the proposed rules still contain provisions related to the student growth component of T - TESS emanating from the former federal waiver requirements, which TCTA finds troublesome.

Not exact matches

Pennsylvania's Republican - controlled House of Representatives is advancing legislation that would stop the state from getting waivers that allow food stamp recipients to continue receiving the federal benefit if they don't meet a work requirement.

Nelson, along with U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor and 10 other Democratic members of Florida's congressional delegation sent a letter to CMS Director Seema Verma urging her to reject a proposed amendment to a state Medicaid «waiver» that would exempt Florida from a federal requirement that gives people up to 90 days following a health problem to apply for Medicaid coverage.

Indeed, if one looks closely at all the informed consent requirements, Eggan argues that all existing human ES lines will have to get waivers from the NIH working group to be studied with federal funding.

Federal policy, through Race to the Top financial incentives and selective offers of waivers to NCLB requirements, is pushing this centralizing strategy forward.

As I've argued before, the federal requirement that is driving the over-testing concern isn't the mandate that states test students annually in grades 3 — 8; it's the mandate (dreamed up by Arne Duncan as a condition of ESEA waivers) that states develop teacher - evaluation systems that include student achievement as a significant factor.

It was not difficult for opponents to cast Common Core as a federal initiative, given 1) the Obama administration's use of RttT incentives (and later, waivers to NCLB requirements) to encourage states to adopt the standards and 2) the administration's funding of the consortia.

-- Consumer and education groups said they want waivers from the federal requirement to be done on «a case - by - case basis.»

«Today, we have a system... where the secretary of Education gives waivers to schools that are not meeting the requirements, or tells them they are not getting a waiver and they lose federal money.

Q: Have any other states obtained a federal waiver for the requirement that students take just one test statewide?

Michigan could lose its waiver from federal No Child Left Behind requirements if the state legislature does not adopt proposed changes to the state's teacher evaluation system, U.S. Department of Education officials said in a report.

Michigan is one of 42 states to receive a waiver from the 13 - year - old federal law in exchange for implementing requirements like career - and college - ready standards, stronger school accountability standards and a system to evaluate teachers and identify underperforming ones.

Also, because of the anticipated approval of a waiver from requirements under the federal No Child Left Behind law, schools and districts won't be judged as failing to meet adequate yearly progress this year, Johnson said.

The Department of Public Instruction developed the system — which identifies schools as «focus» and «priority» — to obtain a waiver from requirements under the federal No Child Left Behind law, which for the past decade has resulted in sanctions for certain schools.

State officials have aligned the remake of their letter grade system with Indiana's request for a waiver from requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind law, which the state filed in November — about the same time the proposal first came before the State Board of Education.

DPI also is required to ask the U.S. Department of Education for a waiver from federal requirements that mandate one test be given to all students, in order to provide schools with options of tests.

Not wanting to run afoul of federal guidelines, PL 268 requires that whatever standards the state board adopts, they must «meet United States Department of Education flexibility waiver requirements that ensure college and career readiness of students.»

In granting waivers from NCLB's requirements, the Obama administration further pushed a federal agenda that included Common Core standards and more reliable teacher evaluations.

After months of negotiations, seven California school districts have received a one - year extension of the waivers from the federal government exempting them from key provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind Act in return for meeting a slew of new requirements.

The suit also objects to waivers given out by the federal government that Jindal says allows states to waive certain requirements if they adopt the Common Core.

ESSA was «designed to let states determine for themselves how to hold schools accountable,» writes Jessica R. Towhey in the NH Journal, but it «may leave more children behind if states are allowed to skirt federal requirements through waivers.»

Common Core isn't required, but critics say eligibility requirements for federal grants and waivers closely align with the standards.

Designed by the State Office of Education, it's been approved by federal officials under a waiver from No Child Left Behind requirements.

Two years later, the administration gave states the opportunity to apply for waivers that exempted them from a federal requirement under No Child Left Behind that 100 percent of American students be proficient in reading and math by 2014.

The efforts of the group are likely to be included in an application the state may make to receive a waiver from federal No Child Left Behind requirements for next year, which punish schools unable to meet rising national performance benchmarks.

The U.S. Department of Education today approved a one - year extension of Utah's waiver from the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), meaning that the state will not have to follow some requirements related to the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB).

The best indicator of the imperfections of NCLB is the large number of states that the federal government has awarded waivers from NCLB requirements in exchange for planning and pursuing new policies, such as enhanced teacher evaluation systems.

Another eight states received waivers from federal education requirements under the No Child Left Behind law.

However, having multiple tests could jeopardize the state's waiver from requirements under the federal No Child Left Behind law and federal funding.

In addition, Fuentes said the bill could help California obtain a waiver from federal requirements for improving low - performing schools by proposing its own state plan for doing so.

The waivers free states from federal requirements that all students score proficient on state math and reading exams by 2014, a goal many view as unattainable.

Indiana and the 25 other states granted waivers from certain requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind law will still have to send student data to Washington, D.C., writes Sarah D. Sparks for Education Week:

CA was roundly criticized for not agreeing to federal requirements, either in RTTT or the NCLB waivers.

The California Office to Reform Education, a group of nine California school districts, including LAUSD, met with federal officials this week to make a last pitch for a No Child Left Behind waiver, which would exempt those districts from meeting certain requirements.

Places that agree to make changes can receive waivers from the law's requirements — and ensure that the federal funds upon which many depend, including Title I, will continue to flow.

The state was required to issue the report cards this year in order to obtain a waiver from requirements under the federal No Child Left Behind law.

The new federal education law grants the Department of Education the ability to waive certain NCLB or Waiver requirements in the interest of a smooth transition to the new law (ESSA) with a January 2017 cross-over target.

Huberty urged Morath to reach out the U.S. Department of Education to find out whether a waiver from testing could be granted and to report back on the financial ramifications of failing to meet federal requirements in affected districts.

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.

Since 2011 states have been operating under individual flexibility waivers granted to individual states from certain federal requirements, while still meeting accountability, regulatory, administrative, and reporting standards.

The federal government has renewed a waiver that gives Michigan some wiggle room when it comes to school improvement requirements under No Child Left Behind.

In addition, Pryor said the reduction of funding in a proposal aimed at low - performing districts and the removal of specific strategies to help those districts could weaken the state's chances for a waiver of some requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

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.

Morath's decision followed a Dec. 11 letter from Gov. Greg Abbott urging Morath to seek a federal accountability waiver and to relax the STAAR requirements for fifth - and eighth - graders in the 47 counties declared federal disaster areas following Hurricane Harvey's landfall in late August.

Pryor also said he intends to include this plan in the state's application for a waiver to the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Law.

Major initiatives at the federal level, including the Race to the Top competition and the No Child Left Behind state waiver requirements, have propelled these efforts.

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.

Connecticut received a waiver from the Federal Department of Education requirement that standardized testing data be used in evaluations during the 2015 - 16 school year.

The CORE team found failures in the No Child Left Behind model; districts adopting the new assessment tools received a federal waiver from some of its requirements last year.