Sentences with phrase «states leeway»

When NCLB was replaced by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in December of 2015, the new law gave states some leeway in how students were assessed and how assessment would factor into school accountability.

Podcast: Paul Peterson and Chester Finn discuss efforts by Arne Duncan to give states some leeway with respect to NCLB.

All of this is to say that, if Republicans are successful in repealing the current accountability regulations, the education department ought to replace them with new ones immediately — even if they do little more than officially grant states the leeway that Republicans in Washington are promising.

It maintained the basic federal testing requirement but gave states leeway to help address concerns about «overtesting.»

Not exact matches

Sellers in the Evergreen State don't have much leeway when it comes to home disclosures.

When Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memo on marijuana to federal prosectors Thursday, reiterating their leeway to prosecute federal marijuana laws as they see fit, regardless of whether the plant is legal under state and local law, he likely spurred future infringements on liberty, struck a blow against federalism, and defied public opinion.

Texas» rainy - day fund helps give it more leeway than many states.

But state regulations do allow some leeway for religious objections.

Obviously you will be in a constant state of flux around this number as your baby will be consuming some bottles and you will be pumping into and adding some bottles, but this extra amount gives plenty of leeway for a sick or growing baby, or a nervous dad who's heating up more milk than they need just in case...!

It's very difficult — in the US it's your programmes, your government at least, you have got more leeway; and then, of course, there is the whole aspect of the relation the citizen has with the state under the US Constitution for Americans to draw on.

Federal law allows leeway for money from a party's «federal account» — which is regulated by the FEC and intended to promote election of federal candidates for Congress — to be spent on «federal election activity» such as «get - out - the - vote» activities on behalf of congressional candidates that also could benefit a candidate for state office.

State law gives county executives, mayors and town supervisors broad leeway in managing municipal finances.

The state is conducting 13 public hearings to get feedback on a proposal that lets states have more leeway as they develop education priorities.

Mr. Felder — an Orthodox Jew who represents a large Orthodox Jewish constituency in Brooklyn — has expressed support in the past for allowing yeshivas leeway in complying with state law, which requires that private schools must offer students instruction that is «at least substantially equivalent» to that offered in public schools.

The senator, Simcha Felder, had asked for leeway in state oversight of yeshivas.

Unions had pushed back against proposals to give state staffers more leeway in dealing with claims.

According to David Friedfel, director of state studies for the non-partisan, business - backed Citizens Budget Commission, Cuomo in 2012 was given leeway to move money used for the operation of state agencies between accounts.

Two New York state lawmakers from the Hudson Valley are behind legislation that would grant judges greater leeway to permit facility dogs in the courtroom in an effort to help certain witnesses through difficult testimony.

State officials said the timeline for Indian Point's closure would give the area leeway to adjust and replace the energy source, and that any increase in electricity costs would be «negligible.»

The governor will announce Tuesday the emergency regulations giving the state more leeway to shut down the repeat - offender day care operators.

I don't believe that's correct — for state legislative vacancies, the governor has leeway on whether or not to declare a vacancy.

As one interviewee stated, Mayor Bloomberg «delegated or gave agencies a lot of leeway to do what they felt was right and tried not to dictate.»

But also I was mostly in state court, so there was more leeway.

It's not hard to give her some leeway early on (she is, after all, a grieving mother haunted by her own actions just before her daughter's horrific murder and left in a state of emotional and legal limbo by the lack of progress on the case), but by the end it's hard not to be sick and tired of the manner in which she constantly uses that as an excuse to dehumanize everyone around her, whether it be her surviving teenage son (Lucas Hedges), a local with an inexplicable crush on her (Peter Dinklage), or the aforementioned Sheriff Bill Willoughby (Woody Harrelson), who isn't so much a bad man as he is a complacent one.

And partly it's because the major sticking point in the current negotiations over ESEA reauthorization comes down to accountability, and how much leeway to give the states.

We all know that the Every Student Succeeds Act gives states much wider leeway than they had under NCLB to craft school accountability arrangements that suit them.

Big assessment decisions will hit the states The past year saw states ramping up for a new reality under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which places far greater leeway and oversight in state's hands rather than residing with the feds.

Direct Student Services gives states new leeway to use some of their federal Title I dollars to expand instructional choice for students.

But now, as state and district officials begin putting major Title I changes in place — including increased leeway to choose which eligible children to serve, an emphasis on high academic...

Thus I sense that it's just as well Uncle Sam is not rushing in with a predetermined, nationwide strategy and that we're giving states, communities, and private organizations some leeway to work out different approaches.

And it gave new leeway to states in calling the shots.

«Predictions on How the Trump Administration Could Handle ESSA Rules Main Trump Means More Leeway for States Under ESSA, Says S.C. Chief Spearman»

When the PDK / Gallup questions on standards are put next to the Education Next findings on the Common Core, the responses are not out of alignment, Peterson said: People are generally in favor of setting higher expectations for students across states but they also want local teachers to have leeway in how those goals are met.

What this translates to is SEAs» (and / or state boards of educations») having huge leeway when it comes to teacher preparation and credentialing.

But it could give states significant leeway in both rating schools» performance and deciding how to help struggling schools.

Since the «highly qualified» status is now replaced with effectiveness, I predict some leeway in certification requirements and alternative pathways to teaching made easier at the state level.

Still, NCLB gave states significant leeway in calculating graduate rates, and for years, the states used widely differing approaches, often with an eye towards inflating their numbers.

«I believe schools should have a lot of leeway here,» said Michael J. Petrilli, the executive vice president of the Washington - based Thomas B. Fordham Institute, which favors more flexibility for states.

Because charter schools in many states and districts aren't bound to a particular geographic area, they have more leeway than traditional public schools in deciding where they can locate.

While several states have been successful at increasing the selectivity of their teacher preparation programs through statewide policies, these programs also have considerable leeway to make their own entrance requirements more selective.

State constitutions entrust state governments with the job of overseeing and providing public education, and gives them the leeway to structure it anyway they see fit so long as it fits under those respective constitutState constitutions entrust state governments with the job of overseeing and providing public education, and gives them the leeway to structure it anyway they see fit so long as it fits under those respective constitutstate governments with the job of overseeing and providing public education, and gives them the leeway to structure it anyway they see fit so long as it fits under those respective constitutions.

Following the legislature's lead, the Vermont State Board of Education updated its Education Quality Standards in 2013 to adopt new graduation flexibility and provide schools considerable leeway in determining what and how students learn.

Among the biggest questions at last week's conference: How will states implement the Every Student Succeeds Act, and how much leeway will the U.S. Department of Education grant them?

In 2011 the department invited states to submit plans that implemented education reforms, set high standards for all students, and closed achievement gaps in exchange for leeway from certain No Child Left Behind requirements.

That same year, Carstarphen pushed the district to declare financial exigency — a state of fiscal emergency that would give the district greater leeway in terminating employees, including those with current contracts.

With that deadline looming, now is a key time for journalists to examine how states are responding to the new leeway offered by ESSA.

If anything, you can argue that one of No Child's flaws is that the law — or more importantly, the U.S. Department of Education — allowed for too much leeway, allowing for states to engage in gamesmanship.

Although No Child make requires states to improve graduation rates and test scores — including the aspirational goal that all children (and actually, based on safe harbor and other caveats, 92 percent of them) are proficient in reading, math, and science — states are given plenty of leeway when it comes to interpreting how to meet certain requirements (like the one assuring that all teachers be «highly qualified» for instruction) and develop their own solutions in order to achieve them.

Given DeVos» repeated commitments to allow states as much leeway as possible when it comes to education policy, this «could put DeVos and company in a tough political — and legal — spot.»

This provides administrative leeway or flexibility for state charter schools in Connecticut in the charter renewal process, but is contrary to this apparently strict mantra of «more accountability for more flexibility.»