Sentences with phrase «waiver extension»

Last week, Arizona State Superintendent of Public Instruction, John Huppenthal, received the news that Arizona's No Child Left Behind (NCLB) waiver extension request had been provisionally granted with a «high - risk» label (i.e., in danger of being revoked).

With ESEA waiver extensions due for resubmission, states have an opportunity to think deeply and creatively about the next generation of accountability, and in the process, to build models that better meet their goals.

So, with a more sharply focused rearview mirror, new instrumentation on the dashboard, and waiver extensions offering alternative routes, it seemed a propitious time to step back and reflect on the journey.

A letter Thursday from Deborah Delisle, an assistant U.S. education secretary, told state schools chiefs of an «amended waiver extension process» for states that want to continue to be free of No Child Left Behind, the Bush - era law that requires states to reward and punish schools based on standardized test scores.

States that haven't fully transitioned to new teacher and principal evaluation systems may still receive No Child Left Behind waiver extensions, explained the U.S. Department of Education in a recent e-mail to state education chiefs.

Waiver Extensions: The process to allow states to keep their waivers — and keep from having to go back to the NCLB accountability system — for one additional year.

But the agency failed to do so before the state filed its application for a waiver extension earlier this month.

The department made clear that states that are requesting targeted and substantive changes to their evaluation systems (primarily, adjustments to their timelines) will have their waiver extension requests evaluated based on their performance on the two other main waiver principles — standards and assessments, and turnarounds.

The U.S. Department of Education announced the waiver extension in a letter on Friday.