Sentences with phrase «implemented under waivers»

Data dashboards can help alleviate some of the shortcomings in accountability systems that have been in place in the wake of NCLB and the systems that states have implemented under waivers to that law.

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Subject to the fulfillment or waiver of all conditions precedent under the Merger Agreement, Angel, Angel AcquisitionCo and Huayra will implement the Amalgamation.

The majority of school districts, 606 of them, are using that existing teacher and principal evaluation system, having gotten a waiver letting them to push back implementing the new, Cuomo - backed system — under which teachers are scored on a matrix — until September 2016.

The entire waiver process was sloppily administered in the first place, with Duncan granting waivers to states (and allowing them to ignore whole sections of No Child) even thought they have not yet implemented or enacted all the proposals within their applications, and the administration ignoring concerns raised by its own peer review panels about such matters as how states have ignored the need to gain consultation on proposed changes from American Indian tribes as required under the U.S. Constitution (as well as from black and Latino communities equally affected by the evisceration of accountability).

The administration has also ignored red flags raised by peer review panels it has put in place to vet the submitted proposals — including concerns that states didn't present their proposals to American Indian tribes as required under both the waiver process (as well as under federal and state laws), and that D.C.'s plan for implementing Common Core reading and math standards was not «realistic and of high quality».

In the letter, the groups also say Wisconsin received about $ 23 million in federal money to implement Common Core in exchange for receiving a waiver for failing to meet standards under the federal No Child Left Behind law.

Under waivers to the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, the federal government required states to identify schools where targeted subgroups of students have the lowest achievement and to implement reforms in these «Focus Schools.»

«Given the lack of broad - based stakeholder input into the waiver, the unrealistic timelines for implementing the teacher evaluation system under the waiver, the lack of research - based support for evaluating teachers based on student performance on state tests, and the dearth of vetted alternative measures of student learning available to use for teachers other than those teaching grades 5 - 9 reading and math, we recommend the Legislature delay taking action to implement the waiver's teacher evaluation system requirements, and urge the commissioner to continue to negotiate for more flexibility in the waiver regarding the teacher evaluation requirements, as well as to seek an extension from USDE regarding the timeline under which to implement the new system,» Eaton testified.

And state policies adopted under waivers may preview what states will pursue as ESSA is implemented, with its increased shift of design authority to the state level.

While good in theory, SES had many implementation problems, 12 including low participation rates and lack of quality control.13 In some districts, there were scandals involving providers overcharging districts, hiring tutors with criminal records, or violating federal regulations.14 In all districts, SES siphoned off Title I funds, leaving less for other important Title I programs.15 The tutoring program was eventually phased out as the Department of Education began implementing «ESEA Flexibility,» 16 also known as waivers, and it was scrapped all together under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).17

We successfully challenged the Bush administration's refusal to let California implement its own, stricter - than - national tailpipe emissions limits under the Clean Air Act, and in June 2009 the EPA issued a waiver to let California enforce its own automobile emissions rules, which also allowed a dozen other states to enforce the same rules.