Sentences with phrase «state flexibility»

The bill also gives states the flexibility to build their own accountability systems, which can include measures of student growth and incorporate achievement in a range of subject areas.

To attract state buy - in, the agency's rule establishes different targets for different states and allows states flexibility in implementing plans.

It also allowed states the flexibility to include market - based mechanisms, such as averaging or trading, to help power companies identify least - cost emission reductions.

The education platform of his 2016 presidential campaign reflected his state focus, calling for more state flexibility in designing their own accountability systems.

This program allows each eligible state the flexibility to capitalize on its individual strengths, resources, and circumstances to build its scientific capacity.

The degree of state flexibility therefore depends upon the wording of any Blaine Amendment, as well as upon local political will.

Fall 2011 — President Barack Obama offers states flexibility from key mandates of the NCLB law, in exchange for embracing his education redesign priorities.

The secretary continued with an update on the Department of Education's waiver program to grant states flexibility from key No Child Left Behind provisions, which he described as «far too prescriptive [and] top - down from Washington.»

The Dept. of Education posted draft regulations for ESSA's «Innovative Assessment» pilot program, which grants states the flexibility to administer «Innovative Assessments» to a subsect of their schools in place of their exiting statewide assessments.

Low Performing Schools In keeping with the ESSA's theme of increased state flexibility and reduced federal authority, the ESSA revamps NCLB's approach to improving low - performing schools.

Mark Jackson said after the game he feels comfortable allowing Draymond to defend all five positions, and that ability to be malleable gave Golden State the flexibility to go use at attacking offensive lineup in the third quarter.

They might, however, decide that the changes Duncan proposes - on balance, greater state flexibility in meeting national goals - make him the Obama administration's redeeming feature.

King faced questions about his willingness to adhere to the restrictions ESSA places on the department, and the committee stressed the need for the department to balance new state flexibility with a responsibility to hold states accountable for underperforming schools.

Here, again, Botel implicitly defined terms to limit state flexibility while still likely putting the Department on firm footing should they ultimately reject Delaware's plan.

Simple stated flexibility measures the range of motion and is primarily defined by the elasticity of the muscles and tendons attached to it..

If your answer to the second question is «Uncle Sam» then you're not really a proponent of state flexibility after all.

That's why, assuming that Congress fails to act to reauthorize the law, in the end the same problem that has vexed the law since 2001 seems likely to plague the waiver process as it grinds on over time: how to give states flexibility yet ensure that they hold schools accountable for results.

Legislation and bully pulpit aside, the Trump team faces plenty of opportunities on the regulatory and de-regulatory front, not just in sanely implementing programs like ESSA and IDEA without constraining state flexibility but also — especially — in the civil rights realm.

As the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) affords states the flexibility to decide how to measure student achievement, two reports released June 23 show that schools play a key role in developing students» soft skills such as beliefs about their intellectual capacity, sense of belonging at school, and eagerness to learn in the face of adversity.

So President Obama gave states flexibility on differentiated accountability and the pending 2014 proficiency deadline to meet 100 % AYP.

ESSA gives states the flexibility needed to show real courage — or cowardice.

King said his department's proposed regulations were intended to preserve state flexibility, though the federal government still had some role to play in determining and measuring education standards, limited as it might now be.

To prioritize State flexibility, the Department will engage with chief State school officers and their staffs and with governors and their staffs as State plans proceed through the peer review and Secretarial review process.

Kline has also moved a bill out of committee that would slash half of NCLB's federal education programs and another one that would give more states flexibility over spending federal education funds intended to serve disadvantaged students.

Approach reflects federal govt's commitment to give states flexibility as they set up exchanges.

President Obama is offering states flexibility from NCLB in exchange for comprehensive plans to raise standards; to create fair, flexible and focused accountability systems; and to improve systems for teacher and principal evaluation and support.

Once upon a time there was a new Secretary of Education who was charged with providing states flexibility to meet their education goals through the Every Student Succeeds Act.

Increased state flexibility and experimentation with federal guidance under waivers from federal law, shifting to even greater state control of accountability systems design under the Every Student Succeeds Act

Recognizing that schools couldn't continue to operate under NCLB's significant flaws, the Obama administration has offered states flexibility from the law's most onerous provisions in exchange for specific reform commitments focused on college and career readiness, improvements in the lowest - performing schools, and teacher effectiveness.

As evidenced by the U.S. Department of Education's recent move to allow states flexibility in using growth models to calculate average yearly progress, there is a growing consensus that indicators of teacher effectiveness should be based on student growth rather than on predetermined levels of performance.

With Stephen Curry on the verge of signing a five - year «supermax» deal worth $ 205 million — a contract that would pay $ 35.4 million next year — Golden State flexibility will be scarce come free agency.

Responding to responsible criticism of the current law, this proposal outlines ambitious but achievable state - level goals for raising achievement and closing gaps, while calling for greater state flexibility to devise systems that will prompt schools and districts to move toward these goals.

Repeal federal «Highly Qualified Teacher» requirements and grant states the flexibility to develop their own teacher evaluation systems to better gauge an educator's effectiveness, if they so choose.

«I will work toward ushering in a new era of state flexibility and leadership to drive better outcomes,» Verma told the Finance Committee in her prepared remarks.

ESSA gave states flexibility in determining its own assessment practice.

The standards give states the flexibility to set a certain number of fundraisers that can sell foods or beverages that do not meet the nutrition standards.

The law also gives the state flexibility in in determining the conditions and guidelines for oil tankers on the river in order to ensure necessary travel.

Supporters say that gives states flexibility, but Cuomo calls it «passing the buck without passing the bucks.»

The city plan requested $ 12.5 million in funding, in order to provide the state flexibility in how the $ 9.7 million would be used, he said.

Projects may satisfy two categories at the same time, giving states some flexibility in how to allocate their share of the RTP pie.

ESSA removed NCLB's across - the - board school accountability system, allowing states the flexibility to identify and remedy low performing schools.

High school reform should include making sure that we are measuring the relevant skills; allowing states the flexibility to design systems that produce results; using multiple measures to assess achievement; allowing the use of growth models; including commonsense flexibility for students with special needs; involving educators in planning; and effectively addressing dropout rates.

Don't rush to action ESSA gives states flexibility to change their evaluation policies, but that doesn't mean they have to do so right now.