BALTIMORE -- Education officials in Maryland are expected to apply for a waiver from the most rigid requirements of the No Child Left Behind education law.
The Baltimore Sun reported that the waiver request is expected to be filed Monday. If it is granted, Maryland schools would be measured not just on how all students perform but also on specific groups, including minorities and special education students.
The state's application said schools should cut their achievement gaps in half during the next six years.
The goals would be more reasonable than the current law, which says every student in the country should be proficient in reading and math by 2014.
Mary Gable, the assistant state superintendent of academic policy, said each school will be given individual goals to meet in six years
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I wonder if this would affect Maryland's #1 rating in education. If would seem that, if the requirement were relaxed, then the state would lose its #1 status.
ReplyDeleteIf you thought no child left behind was bad just wait for this rise to the top program. Teachers won't have a fighting chance. They are going to be asked to perform a miracle on a daily basis or lose their job.
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