Sentences with phrase «flexibility waiver»

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 Center for American Progress sought to answer this question by examining whether states applying for ESEA flexibility waivers strategically thought about how expanded learning time can support school turnaround efforts in priority and focus schools.

In their applications for flexibility waivers from the Department of Education, states were required to include two specific assurances that they will prepare ELLs for college and careers and make sure that all ELLs have the language skills they need to participate in academic tasks.

Virginia, under No Child Left Behind Act flexibility waivers granted by USED, established annual measurable objectives (AMOs) in reading and mathematics for reducing proficiency gaps between students in the commonwealth's lowest - performing and highest - performing schools.

Today, teacher evaluation is receiving unprecedented attention, in large part because new teacher evaluation systems are a requirement for states and districts that want to receive funding under the federal Race to the Top initiative or flexibility waivers under No Child Left Behind.

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) flexibility waiver provisions specify the identification and exit criteria for identification of schools as priority schools:

CORE ESEA flexibility waiver request [PowerPoint slides].

The board also plans to apply for a three - year flexibility waiver that exempts the state from having to adhere to policies within the No Child Left Behind Act, which would impose «draconian penalties» on noncompliant schools, according to Brad Smith, state superintendent of public instruction.

The Center for American Progress previously examined the extent to which states applying for first - round Elementary and Secondary Education Act, or ESEA, flexibility waivers in 2012 planned to expand in - school learning time to turn around low - performing schools.

No Child Left Behind / Elementary Secondary Education Act STAKEHOLDERS MEETING ON FLEXIBILITY WAIVER 7:00 to 8:30 P. M.

He is also a frequent speaker on dropout prevention and early warning indicators, has consulted with numerous state education agencies through partnerships with the National Governors Association and Jobs for the Future, and has served on the U.S. Department of Education's review panel for No Child Left Behind flexibility waivers.

See also: Interactive Map: Are States Using Flexibility Waivers to Expand Learning Time in Schools?

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.»

The Board of Education, under its June 29, 2012, NCLB flexibility waiver, established AMOs for reducing proficiency gaps between students in the commonwealth's lowest - performing and highest - performing schools.

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In 2011, the U.S. Department of Education offered flexibility waivers allowing states to opt out of NCLB.

The PSP serves as a member of the campus intervention team (CIT) that is assigned to campuses with low performance in the state accountability system as stipulated in Texas Education Code (TEC) § 39.106 (a) and / or supports priority schools identified under the USDE flexibility waiver.

Department of Educations Extends Transition Flexibility Waivers for StatesThe Department of Education will consider, on a state - by - state basis, requests for flexibility in two areas: the timeline for using results of teacher and principal evaluation and support systems that meet the requirements of Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) flexibility for personnel decisions, and field testing new assessments aligned to college - and career - ready standards.

To read our analysis, see our report «Elementary and Secondary Education Act Flexibility Waivers: Are States Using Flexibility to Expand Learning Time in Schools?»

Per the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) flexibility waiver provisions, ten percent of Virginia's Title I schools (72) are identified as focus schools based on reading and mathematics achievement of students in the three proficiency gap groups.

The Utah State Office of Education (USOE) proposes to request two amendments to the State's approved ESEA flexibility waiver request.

Schools that are experiencing difficulties meeting new, more rigorous meal nutrition requirements may now apply for a two - year flexibility waiver, announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Importantly, some of these practices were utilized by states in ESEA Flexibility Waivers and are improvements to NCLB practices (Polikoff, McEachin, Wrabel, & Duque, 2014).

That being not enough, he then decreed that states could apply for flexibility waivers to get out of the terrible mandates of NCLB as long as they agreed to the terrible mandates of Arne Duncan: to adopt the Common Core state standards, the common core national tests, link teacher and principal evaluations to standardized test scores, and, instead of all students being «proficient» by 2014, assure that all students will be «college ready» by 2020.

Though the specific conditions that the White House and Secretary Duncan are attaching to statewide «flexibility waivers» are consistent with the Administration's long - standing «blueprint» for reauthorizing NCLB, and also happen to be conditions that I think generally have merit, they amount to changing the law, not just waiving it.

«This is a big change from the Education Department's ESEA flexibility waivers, which required them to revamp these reviews and to integrate student achievement,» he notes.

But an initial reading of the department's guidance suggests it is sticking to these policies: «The Department will work with states that wish to amend (their federal) flexibility waiver... while still maintaining teacher and leader evaluation and support systems that include growth in student learning.»

As for ESEA flexibility waivers, a condition of receiving a federal waiver from No Child Left Behind was that states have in place «college - and career - ready standards.»

«Good work and great results have emerged from» the flexibility waiver, Oklahoma state Superintendent Janet Barresi wrote to the department when requesting an extension.

Fed Ed Head Arne Duncan, who hated NCLB's dumb requirements when he ran CPS, has come up with even dumber requirements, misleadingly calling it a «Flexibility Waiver».

Other states receiving the flexibility waiver include Rhode Island, North Carolina and Louisiana.

The U.S. Department of Education on Thursday denied a request by the state's top education official to extend a flexibility waiver under the No Child Left Behind Act, a decision that will place restrictions on nearly $ 30 million in annual federal funding for local school districts beginning with the 2015 - 2016 school year.

In discussions to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and other federal initiatives such as Race to the Top and the ESEA flexibility waivers, legislators have focused on the impact educators have on improving student achievement.

For more information and resources on about Virginia's ESEA flexibility waiver, see ESEA Flexibility.

Under ESSA, the flexibility waivers granted under No Child Left Behind expire on August 1, 2016.

Our examination specifically reviewed state plans for explicit details about how states planned to use ESEA flexibility waivers and the 21st Century Community Learning Center, or 21st CCLC, optional waiver for comprehensive school redesign to add time for student learning and teacher collaboration and planning.

The Obama administration asked states that received Race to the Top grants and flexibility on requirements in the No Child Left Behind Act to create improved learning opportunities for teachers; it can continue to press for these in its monitoring of Race to the Top grantees and the states that received Elementary and Secondary Education Act flexibility waivers.

Are states using Elementary and Secondary Education Act, or ESEA, flexibility waivers to expand learning time in schools?

In August of 2014 the Utah State Board of Education approved the request that was recently granted for a one year extension of the flexibility waiver.

In July 2012, the 26th state received an Elementary and Secondary Education Act Flexibility Waiver, marking relief for more than half of the states from many of the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act.

To this end, the Center for American Progress analyzed ESEA flexibility waivers and accountability workbooks, supplementing the data from those sources with information and materials from state departments of education.

Secretary Duncan's administration has included dual and concurrent enrollment in a number of the Department's programs throughout his six year term, including Race to the Top, College Access Challenge Grants, Investing in Innovation grants, Promise Neighborhoods, Youth CareerConnect, School Improvement Grants, and ESEA Flexibility Waivers.

Proficiency Gap Groups — Student subgroups used to identify Focus schools under Virginia's flexibility waiver.

Much of the work our SECC performs in the five states it serves is focused on supporting programs authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Flexibility Waivers.