Monday, August 15, 2011

Obama Administration Exempts Schools from Testing Because Failure Rates are too High.

Though I am not a fan of No-Child-Left-Behind, this is an interesting development:

State and local education officials have been begging the federal government for relief from student testing mandates in the federal No Child Left Behind law, but school starts soon and Congress still hasn't answered the call.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan says he will announce a new waiver system Monday to give schools a break.

The plan to offer waivers to all 50 states, as long as they meet other school reform requirements, comes at the request of President Barack Obama, Duncan said. More details on the waivers will come in September, he said.

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