U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson (PA-05) today joined House and Senate leaders for the signing of the Every Student Succeeds Act by President Barack Obama.
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President Obama on Thursday signed a sweeping rewrite of the controversial No Child Left Behind (NCLB) education law.
Freeman said he is happy with the new bill but wishes there was one more change.
John B. King, Jr., who will replace retiring Education Secretary Arne Duncan, oversee the implementation of the ESSA.
“Classrooms will no longer be micromanaged by the U.S. Department of Education”. Still, the new law encourages states to limit the time students spend on testing and diminishes the high stakes for underperforming schools.
That’s instead of Washington mandating what critics had dubbed a one-size-fits-all approach to governing the country’s 100,000 public schools. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), who was one of the chief architects of the bill. But he added that more aligned standards between states are needed to accurately gauge student performance. But the federal guidelines are gone. He also wants to dial back having student test scores account for half of teacher and principal evaluations, as the new federal law dictates. Learning some districts perform poorly isn’t fun. It’s understanding that there’s far too much of an onerous burden of testing on students and teachers.
Murray, a former preschool teacher, said the legislation would still hold under-performing schools responsible, but would leave it to the states to decide how to do that.
Don’t start applauding yet, kids.
States will still test students in grades three through eight and again in high school.
Standardized testing remains – but local officials can set their own education standards.
Cato Institute education analyst Neal McCluskey writes the measure – which has disappointed many conservatives – does at least eliminate NCLB’s “uber-intrusive” onerous state test to measure students’ “adequate yearly progress”.
No more Common Core – maybe. Fabrizio says the state Board of Education and General Assembly “need to be coming to agreement” on that issue.
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Already some states have begun backing away from the standards. “So it gives a little more flexibility to how we assess education and school districts across the state”. It also allows districts to reduce unnecessary testing and choose their own standards for reading and math.
It’s now up to the states. Standardized tests will not be the only factor considered when evaluating a school.
The primary goal of the new legislation is to scale back federal involvement in education and put control back the hands of state and local governments.
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She says the requirements for the No Child Left Behind Act weren’t just stressful for teachers, but also students.
