Updated: Virginia Receives Waiver from Controversial Federal Education Law
Virginia superintendent announces U.S. Department of Education has granted the state a waiver to No Child Left Behind.
The state superintendent announced on Friday that Virginia schools and school divisions no longer will need to meet “arbitrary and unrealistic” benchmarks outlined in federal law mandating that all students achieve grade-level proficiency by 2014. “Virginia schools and school divisions can now focus their energy and resources on implementing the state Board of Education’s rigorous new content standards and assessments without contending with outdated and often counter-productive federal requirements and rules,” Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction Patricia Wright said. “The commonwealth will continue to hold schools accountable for closing achievement gaps but schools won’t be subject to a system of increasingly unrealistic annual…
Jay H
3:13 pm on Sunday, July 1, 2012
I could be mistaken - but this doesn't end SOL testing- since it is used by the state for graduation and state accreditation. These scores won't be used against a school - It will be the curriculum based measurements that are being created and presently used each quarter. So those mainly affected it seems will be teachers (more pressure) and parents (less choice). more ›