| Misc. 1 - Summary of Recommendation |
Establish independent board to review change and waiver requests to state NCLB plans and federal responses. |
| Misc. 2 - Summary of Recommendation |
Require Education Department to disclose rulings made on state plans, including change and waiver requests. |
| Misc. 3 - Summary of Recommendation |
Limit federal government's ability to add program requirements without appropriate regulatory process or new legislation. |
| Misc. 1 - Summary of Recommendation |
Maintain closing achievement gap focus, set challenging but attainable goals and hold all students and schools accountable for results. |
| Misc. 1 - Summary of Recommendation |
No recommendations identified for this issue. |
| Misc. 1 - Summary of Recommendation |
Allow parents and others to hold districts, states and the Education Department accountable for implementing NCLB. |
| Misc. 1 - Summary of Recommendation |
CCSSO’s goal for NCLB reauthorization is to prepare every child for postsecondary education, work and citizenship. Broad recommendations include:
- Increased state and local support and autonomy for standards, assessments, accountability, teacher quality and data systems.
- Building state and local capacity to improve low-performing districts and schools
- Increased investment in research, innovation, technical assistance and collaboration to inform standards-based reforms.
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| Misc. 2 - Summary of Recommendation |
Require peer review process for NCLB decisions to focus on technical assistance, full transparency, communication with states, consistency and timeliness. |
| Misc. 1 - Summary of Recommendation |
Embrace NCLB as a civil rights issue and commit to an unprecedented opportunity to raise expectations and narrow achievement gaps. |
| Misc. 2 - Summary of Recommendation |
Do not retreat on NCLB's promises or possibilities, provide flexibility for states to meet goals and give credit for progress. |
| Misc. 1 - Summary of Recommendation |
No recommendations identified for this issue. |
| Misc. 1 - Summary of Recommendation |
No recommendations identified for this issue. |
| Misc. 1 - Summary of Recommendation |
Ensure states have primary responsibility for assessing and improving school quality. |
| Misc. 1 - Summary of Recommendation |
NASBE’s guiding principles recommend: flexible assessments, alignment of state and federal accountability systems, use of growth models, teacher quality flexibility for high-need subjects, state capacity investment, and transparency between federal and state officials. |
| Misc. 2 - Summary of Recommendation |
Ensure federal requirements for state assessments help motivate student learning and monitor academic progress. |
| Misc. 3 - Summary of Recommendation |
Ensure federal accountability requirements are broadly supported, sustainable and adaptable, and include incentives for high performance. |
| Misc. 4 - Summary of Recommendation |
Require transparency and disclosure of NCLB flexibility and waivers granted to states by Education Department. |
| Misc. 5 - Summary of Recommendation |
Grant special consideration to small, rural and limited resource schools in meeting NCLB requirements. |
| Misc. 6 - Summary of Recommendation |
NASBE Overarching Policy Recommendation
Effective teacher quality policies must include: state education board authority over teacher licensure and certification; pre-service teacher education programs aligned with K-12 standards; rigorous and comprehensive teacher preparation programs; elimination of emergency certification; performance-based approval for teacher education programs; and state-established background check process. |
| Misc. 7 - Summary of Recommendation |
NASBE Overarching Policy Recommendation
True high school reform should: focus on literacy, school structure, teacher quality and dropout prevention; eliminate need for remediation; allow students to access online and higher education courses; create high school and postsecondary continuum; and ensure relevant, challenging and integrated curricula. |
| Misc. 1 - Summary of Recommendation |
No recommendations identified for this issue. |
| Misc. 1 - Summary of Recommendation |
Amend NCLB to revitalize state-federal partnership that ensures accountability for results and enables state/local innovation. |
| Misc. 2 - Summary of Recommendation |
Clarify conditions placed on states' federal funds for increasing student proficiency and limit financial consequences for not participating in NCLB. |
| Misc. 3 - Summary of Recommendation |
Direct Education Department to adopt appeals process for flexibility, exemption and waiver requests that are denied. |
| Misc. 4 - Summary of Recommendation |
Provide urban and rural communities with incentives and flexibility to meet NCLB requirements without prescriptive definitions and sanctions. |
| Misc. 5 - Summary of Recommendation |
Conduct research on distance learning to help students/schools meet NCLB’s goals, identify barriers to distance learning and disseminate research. |
| Misc. 6 - Summary of Recommendation |
Expand definition of "rural" for isolated districts/schools than was previously adopted by Education Department. |
| Misc. 7 - Summary of Recommendation |
Allow states flexibility to allocate costs of educating homeless students among districts. |
| Misc. 8 - Summary of Recommendation |
Limit time districts are responsible for costs of homeless children's education in their new district. |
| Misc. 1 - Summary of Recommendation |
No recommendations identified for this issue. |
| Misc. 1 - Summary of Recommendation |
Recognize and reinforce governors' role in education and require state education departments to consult with governors on NCLB. |
| Misc. 2 - Summary of Recommendation |
Create a P-16 alignment of NCLB's goals and requirements with other federal education and workforce laws. |
| Misc. 3 - Summary of Recommendation |
Grant secretary of education enhanced NCLB waiver authority for unforeseen circumstances, such as emergencies, natural disasters or economic downturns. |
| Misc. 1 - Summary of Recommendation |
Provide waivers for NCLB provisions, especially if burdensome or duplicative of state requirements. |
| Misc. 2 - Summary of Recommendation |
Require Education Department to publish state plan amendments and waivers on its Web site in timely manner and clear language.
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| Misc. 3 - Summary of Recommendation |
Ensure waivers or revisions to NCLB plans granted to one state are available to other states. |