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The cost of the No Child Left Behind Waiver for Washington State | Seattle Education

The cost of the No Child Left Behind Waiver for Washington State | Seattle Education:



The cost of the No Child Left Behind Waiver for Washington State


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From a Seattle Times article, Waivers free Washington, Wisconsin from ‘No Child Left Behind’:
In order to get a waiver, each state had to promise to show in other ways that its students and schools are improving, and they were required to more closely link teacher evaluations to student test scores, among other requirements.
And how much will the cost be to link teacher evaluations to student test scores and other requirements?
From the Los Angeles Times:
No Child Left Behind waiver could cost $2 billion, report says
California officials say meeting the federal law’s requirements would be expensive and imply the state shouldn’t seek such relief. Teachers unions and the PTA back the conclusion, but others