Sentences with phrase «waiver proposal»

That's the picture that emerged from an Education Week analysis of waiver proposals submitted last month to the U.S. Department of Education by 11 states, whose plans offer insight into what the next generation of state - led accountability looks like.

That's the picture that emerged from an Education Week analysis of waiver proposals submitted last month to the U.S. Department of Education by 11 states, whose proposals offer insight into what the next generation of state - led accountability looks like.

In particular, CAP's review of the 27 second - round waiver proposals reveals a lack of specificity regarding state efforts to ensure equitable access to effective teachers, help districts and schools engage in comprehensive school turnaround approaches, and reduce reporting duplication and burdens on districts and schools.

«Chairman Harkin and Ranking Member Enzi had already been working on their draft for almost a year, and were always committed to bringing a bill before the Committee,» Harkin spokeswoman Justine Sessions said, «but clearly the announcement of the Administration's waivers proposal reminded a number of other Members of the urgency of this issue for our nation's children.»

States» waiver proposals also reveal another important trend.

Pressed for time, a small group of superintendents and officials from a coalition of nine California school districts, representing 1.1 million students, are on their way to D.C. to ensure that its No Child Left Behind waiver proposal is passed in time for the upcoming school year.

Previous posts: CA Districts in DC for Final «No Child» Waiver Pitch; Duncan Signals Support for LAUSD Waiver Proposal; New Concerns About LAUSD Waiver; Deasy's Secret Mission to Washington

Executive summary of California Office to Reform Education (CORE) ESEA waiver proposal.

A coalition of 10 California districts that together serve more than 1 million students also submitted an NCLB waiver proposal, which raises questions about both the wisdom of a department decision to grant flexibility at the district level and the state's ability to manage two different school accountability systems.

Indiana Department of Education officials say the state's waiver proposal does enough to hold schools accountable for making sure the most at - risk students make progress.

The waiver proposal itself opens the door for suburban schools with achievement gaps to evade accountability.

At least five states would need new legislation to turn their waiver proposals into reality.

Last month, the administration scrambled to get Virginia to scrap its low expectations for poor and minority children amid outcry from reformers and civil rights activists over the Old Dominion's move to approve AMO targets that only require districts to ensure that 57 percent of black students (and 65 percent of Latino peers) are proficient in math by 2016 - 2017; those targets were blessed by the administration back in June as part of its approval of the state's waiver proposal.

But the letter goes on to criticize the waiver proposal, saying it would «establish and operate a privatized «shadow» system of education in California, making students susceptible to market exploitation and profiteering.»

In monitoring states» implementation of their waiver proposals, the U.S. Department of Education should ask states to specify how they are using federal funds for improved support and professional learning in conjunction with the teacher - evaluation systems that were required as part of the waiver application.

Only three states — Montana, Nebraska, and Vermont — have not submitted waiver proposals.

Since Duncan first floated his waiver proposal in June, he has faced opposition from members of Congress such as Rep. John Kline (R - Minn.)

Federal officials also gave voice to this concern in their feedback on Indiana's waiver proposal.

Nine of the eleven waiver proposals, including Indiana's, would do away with these subgroups, creating instead a «super-subgroup» that requires a school to ensure the bottom 25 percent of its students make progress.

Here's the U.S. Department of Education letter in response to Indiana's waiver proposal (read that in full here).