Sentences with phrase «state waiver requirements»

The new issue describes how major initiatives like the Race to the Top competition, the No Child Left Behind state waiver requirements, and the Common Core State Standards have propelled state efforts to rapidly overhaul their evaluation systems and link teacher ratings to student outcome data.

Major initiatives at the federal level, including the Race to the Top competition and the No Child Left Behind state waiver requirements, have propelled these efforts.

Not exact matches

During the recession, when unemployment was high and job - training programs were scarce, states were able to request waivers for these work requirements, and many governors did just that.

In addition, they said the state is in the process of asking the U.S. Department of Education for another waiver to ease testing requirements for ESL students and students with disabilities.

Pennsylvania's Republican - controlled House of Representatives is advancing legislation that would stop the state from getting waivers that allow food stamp recipients to continue receiving the federal benefit if they don't meet a work requirement.

Black was granted a waiver by the state Monday to make up for the fact that she lacks any education experience — a requirement for the job.

Those who do not meet those requirements — like Klein and Black — need to get a waiver from the state Education Department.

Lawyers for the parents, who filed three separate lawsuits in Albany County Supreme Court this month, argued that State Education Commissioner David Steiner erred in granting Black a waiver from a requirement that she possess a master's degree — something they said he doesn't have the power to do.

Lawyers for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and state Education Commissioner David Steiner say she has exceptional skills as a manager and leader and deserved a waiver from the usual requirements.

Nelson, along with U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor and 10 other Democratic members of Florida's congressional delegation sent a letter to CMS Director Seema Verma urging her to reject a proposed amendment to a state Medicaid «waiver» that would exempt Florida from a federal requirement that gives people up to 90 days following a health problem to apply for Medicaid coverage.

The state received a hardship exemption from the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (or MOVE) Act last year, but at least 13 counties still failed to comply with the waiver requirements.

She was the first chancellor in almost two decades who met all the formal requirements for the job and didn't need a state waiver.

An emergency waiver, however, is only a temporary reprieve: Until you've met state certification requirements you'll be considered temporary.

Moreover, unlike the National Interest Waiver category, which has a large subjective component, qualifying as an OPR is far more formulaic: If you can prove that you meet the requirements and have well - drafted letters of recommendation from recognized experts stating that you are outstanding in your field, your application will most likely be approved.

A good indication of whether a state has a shortage of science teachers is the percentage of teachers «on waivers» — teachers that don't meet the state?s certification requirements but who are allowed to teach anyway because the state can't find enough certified teachers.

President Barack Obama recently enacted changes that allow states to request waivers for some of the legal requirements of NCLB, including the 2014 deadline, stating that the strictures of the law were hampering academic progress in some schools.

The end of NCLB's requirements and of the Obama administration's «ESEA waivers» has occasioned both celebration and angst, while creating many opportunities for states to act.

Waiver: Comprehensive flexibility that the U.S. Department of Education has granted to more than 40 states and the District of Columbia from key requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act (the current version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act) in exchange for embracing certain Obama administration education - redesign priorities on teachers, testing, standards, and school turnarounds.

President Barack Obama stands with educators and students in the East Room of the White House on Sept. 23, 2011 as he speaks about details to give states waivers from requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act.

The Obama administration has made a number of adjustments to its initial waiver requirements, especially in the area of teacher evaluation, which has been the biggest struggle for states.

The U.S. Department of Education so far has granted conditional waivers to 26 states from mandates such as the 2013 - 14 deadline for bringing all students to proficiency on state tests and the NCLB law's teacher - quality requirements.

He established a waiver process that effectively allowed two - thirds of the states to deviate from various requirements of the law — most prominently the requirement that all students be proficient in math and reading by the end of this year.

The Obama administration has used its Race to the Top program and unprecedented, far - reaching conditions for states seeking «waivers» from the No Child Left Behind Act's most destructive requirements as excuses to micromanage what states are doing on teacher evaluation, school turnarounds, and much else.

Indeed, the ESEA waiver application had clear requirements, and the state made promises, got the flexibility, isn't meeting its obligations, and is now being held accountable.

We see waivers on a variety of policy issues to accommodate implementation challenges, state - specific statutes or constitutional requirements, or to encourage innovation and new ideas.

Likewise, in New York State, a large portion of private schools have sought waivers from the state's requirement that all schools participate in the Regents examinations — for which the state will publicly report the scState, a large portion of private schools have sought waivers from the state's requirement that all schools participate in the Regents examinations — for which the state will publicly report the scstate's requirement that all schools participate in the Regents examinations — for which the state will publicly report the scstate will publicly report the scores.

The administration also embedded these requirements and definitions in subsequent grant competitions, its proposal to reauthorize NCLB, and, starting in 2011, conditions for states seeking NCLB waivers.

As I've argued before, the federal requirement that is driving the over-testing concern isn't the mandate that states test students annually in grades 3 — 8; it's the mandate (dreamed up by Arne Duncan as a condition of ESEA waivers) that states develop teacher - evaluation systems that include student achievement as a significant factor.

With presidential backing, Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education, has announced that states can get a waiver from NCLB requirements should they agree to the Obama Administration's Race to the Top guidelines.

It was not difficult for opponents to cast Common Core as a federal initiative, given 1) the Obama administration's use of RttT incentives (and later, waivers to NCLB requirements) to encourage states to adopt the standards and 2) the administration's funding of the consortia.

The licensing of superintendents involves similar requirements (see sidebar on p. 17), though states are more likely to issue waivers if a school board requests one.

The availability of choice under NCLB largely vanished when the Department of Education began granting waivers of many of the law's requirements to states.

In states operating Title I programs under ESEA accountability waivers, curriculum content standards and assessments must meet the additional requirement of evaluating whether students are «college and career - ready.»

This emphasis applies both to states where Title I is governed fully by the ESEA's statutory requirements and to the much larger number of states currently operating Title I programs under a series of accountability waivers granted since 2011 by the U.S. Secretary of Education.

In 2011, the White House announced it would offer waivers from the law, but states that want them must agree to fulfill other requirements to evaluate teachers and schools.

[23] The designated ESEA requirements that can be set aside in states that obtain such waivers include some of the most significant outcome accountability requirements, such as the requirement that states set performance standards for schools and LEAs aiming toward a goal of 100 percent student proficiency in reading and mathematics by the end of the 2013 - 14 school year and take a variety of specific actions with respect to all schools and districts that fail to make adequate yearly progress toward this goal.

And waivers from the No Child Left Behind law have allowed states to «unlawfully» waive accountability requirements in exchange for adopting the Common Core.

The primary purposes of both AYP requirements under the ESEA statute and alternative state performance measures in waiver states are to determine whether schools are making sufficient progress and to select low - performing schools for interventions or especially high - performing schools for rewards.

Indeed, RttT competition proved so politically successful the Department of Education built on it by allowing all states to seek a waiver of most NCLB requirements by submitting RttT - like reform plans, including test - based teacher evaluations and the setting of standards similar to the Common Core State Standards.

Q: Have any other states obtained a federal waiver for the requirement that students take just one test statewide?

Another Duncan policy granted states waivers of NCLB's requirements only if they agreed to comply with provisions similar to RTTT's.

Nancy S. Grasmick, Maryland's schools superintendent, is expected to ask the state board of education this week to grant a statewide waiver of the requirement of a 180 - day school year.

In particular, the Obama administration, through its Race to the Top competitive grants and its waivers of No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) requirements, is putting pressure on states to incorporate student test scores as a significant component of any new teacher evaluation system.

Michigan could lose its waiver from federal No Child Left Behind requirements if the state legislature does not adopt proposed changes to the state's teacher evaluation system, U.S. Department of Education officials said in a report.

The waiver plan and its requirement for CCSS will refocus states» attention on competing with each other rather than first ensuring that all of their own students are succeeding academically.

In her Nov. 22 letter (starts on page 6), Assistant Secretary of Education Deborah Delisle wrote, «The requirements to determine whether schools have made adequate yearly progress (AYP) and to identify schools for improvement, corrective action and restructuring have not been waived, and any State laws or regulations, including those related to AYP or school improvement status, are not affected by the waivers granted to your district.»

Within the proposed NCLB waiver plan, a state must comply with three requirements to become eligible for the waiver.

of the 2016 Appropriation Act states, «To provide additional flexibility, notwithstanding the provisions of § 22.1 - 79.1, Code of Virginia, any school division that was granted a waiver regarding the opening date of the school year for the 2011 - 12 school year under the good cause requirements shall continue to be granted a waiver for the 2016 - 17 school year and the 2017 - 2018 school year.»

Michigan is one of 42 states to receive a waiver from the 13 - year - old federal law in exchange for implementing requirements like career - and college - ready standards, stronger school accountability standards and a system to evaluate teachers and identify underperforming ones.

If the states fail to follow through, they could lose their waivers and return to requirements many considered oppressive under NCLB, including having all students reading and doing math on grade level.