Sentences with phrase «improvement under the waivers»

But while most states Hyslop studied identified fewer schools in need of improvement under the waivers, Indiana actually designated more schools as «focus» and «priority» after appealing to the federal government for flexibility.

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The original list was produced in 2015 under something called the Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act.

Accountability provisions such as these are likely to be muted under the new NCLB waivers, which stipulate that states must focus their improvement efforts on the lowest - performing 15 % of schools, but de-emphasize performance of student sub-groups in every school.

As California supports districts statewide to embark on this improvement journey, there are important lessons to be learned from the CORE districts, six of which developed an innovative accountability system under a waiver from No Child Left Behind (NCLB).

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.

These include schools in which at least 40 percent of students are in poverty, schools that receive a waiver from that 40 - percent threshold, and certain schools that received waivers under the School Improvement Grant program.