This
opportunity is now being provided to states that already have received
waivers from ESEA/NCLB. In February, Kentucky was granted a waiver that
provided flexibility in many areas related to public school assessment
and accountability.
These
additional waivers were not included in the original waiver package,
but were recognized by the U.S. Department of Education (USED) as
necessary to complete the flexibility package. Two additional waivers
are offered, and Kentucky will apply for both.
* Waiver
of the requirements that state education agencies (SEAs) and local
education agencies (LEAs, or school districts) make AYP determinations
-- Performance toward annual measureable objectives (AMOs, or goals) for
all student subgroups must still be reported, and that performance must
support continuous improvement in Title I schools that are not Reward
Schools, Priority Schools or Focus Schools. This waiver will reinforce
Kentucky’s use of the Unbridled Learning: College/Career Readiness for
All accountability system to measure progress, rather than the NCLB
model.
- Waiver of ESEA sections 1113(a)(3)-(4) and 1113(c)(1), which require an LEA to select its Title I schools, and allocate Title I, Part A funds to those schools, in rank-order of poverty – This waiver would permit an LEA to serve a Title I-eligible high school with a graduation rate below 60 percent and identified as a Priority School even if that school has a lower poverty rate than other Title I-participating schools in the LEA. This offers more flexibility to school districts in use of Title I, Part A funds as they serve schools designated as Priority Schools to address issues causing low academic performance.
SOURCE: KDE Press release
1 comment:
More federal mother-may-I about educating our state's kids; too bad there is nol kick back with this one.
I am so sick of this sort of stuff getting publicity as though KDE and the Commissioner are doing something for kids. You want to help kids, get your tails back into the classroom and stop wasting our time with this media grandstanding to pretend like you are making a difference.
If thought this stuff mattered I would not be so insensative and blunt, but we have been playing this reform shell game for a couple of decades now and teachers are just tired of it and tired of being bullied and demonized.
KDE Old Testement: And reform begot change which begot realignment which begot recalibration which begot change which begot reassessment which begot revision which begot review which begot reform which begot....
Enough already, stop looking for the damn educational holy grail and start spending money and time directly on students and not on fabricated initiatives established to make the public think you are doing something of value.
If you want to see what is important about education, the entire staff needs to take a field trip to West Liberty and realize that all this mindless alphabet soup of assessment and curriculum changes don't mean a hill of beans for teachers other than more work that doesn't contribute to any significance for our children. Just money for vendors and slogans for politicians.
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