Sentences with phrase «of federal accountability»

A few weeks ago, I used a graphic to show the four dimensions of federal accountability, each of which has a range of options.

The results are striking: The last two years have witnessed the largest jump in state standards since they were established as part of the federal accountability program.

Over 70 percent of the American public favors renewal of federal accountability legislation, and performance on similar tests is known to be important economically.

Add it up and, despite frantic efforts by a number of groups to preserve some sort of federal accountability mandates in the next ESEA cycle, I think these should go away and almost surely will.

Sen. Steve Daines, R - Mont., offered the highly contentious A PLUS Act amendment, which would have allowed states to opt out of federal accountability entirely and send funding under the current law back to states in the form of block grants.

Despite frantic efforts by a number of groups to preserve some sort of federal accountability mandates in the next ESEA cycle, I think these should go away and almost surely will.

But going back to those standards may not be as easy as Schneider and others might hope because of a federal accountability waiver.

My interpretation: The idea of federal accountability remains popular, the title No Child Left Behind is not popular, yet a good share of the public is willing to support re-enactment of some kind of change in the law.

He did, however, use President George W. Bush's famous NCLB line against opponents of federal accountability.

First, just as the states refused to make good on the «equal» part of «separate but equal» after Plessy, for more than 40 years states have failed to provide equal access to the funding needed to achieve excellent schools for all children, largely because of a lack of federal accountability for equitable school funding.

[xii] With the pressure of federal accountability removed by the passage of ESSA, states may feel even less need to adequately fund public education.

A dozen years after standing with President George W. Bush to issue in a new era of federal accountability with the passage of No Child Left Behind, conservatives in the House and Senate removed substantive federal carrots and sticks that were credited with shining a spotlight on the «soft bigotry of low expectations.»

So the new law is a rejection of federal accountability provisions as being too strict, and a rebuke to the US secretary for intruding into state matters.

ESSA requires states to provide opportunities for stakeholder input throughout the development of the federal accountability plan.

In February, the U.S. Department of Education issued new guidance that would seem to remove any remaining vestiges of federal accountability oversight altogether.

waiver of the federal Accountability Performance Targets / Standards Setting Procedures to allow TEA to replace the current Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) calculations and performance targets with the state's accountability rating system

In letters to the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives, New Leaders joins 29 organizations, along with educators and parents across the country, in calling for the maintenance of federal accountability regulations.

By the time the lawmakers returned from Easter recess, they had a deal: a bill that would keep NCLB's annual testing requirement but strip out much of the federal accountability that has led to cries of executive overreach from Republicans.

Many education organizations applaud the enhanced accountability and funding flexibility the bills provide to states and local districts, but civil rights organizations have serious concerns that the loosening of federal accountability mandates could lead to growing achievement gaps.

Sen. Mike Lee supported a proposed amendment to the Senate version of ESEA that would have allowed states to opt out of federal accountability.