NCLB: No Waiver? No Problem - Except For California
Don't cry for the states that haven't gotten an NCLB waiver yet -- or haven't requested one. There's really only just one state I can find -- California -- that has requested a waiver but not gotten one but doesn't also have an AMO freeze in its back pocket.
Several states without waivers have gotten one year freezes on changing their annual measurable objectives -- meaning that they don't have to raise the minimum proficiency scores for AYP as required under AYP. I'm told that the 8 states that requred and got approved for an AMO freeze for the upcoming year are Alabama Alaska Maine West Virginia Idaho Illinois Iowa and Kansas. South Dakota
Several states without waivers have gotten one year freezes on changing their annual measurable objectives -- meaning that they don't have to raise the minimum proficiency scores for AYP as required under AYP. I'm told that the 8 states that requred and got approved for an AMO freeze for the upcoming year are Alabama Alaska Maine West Virginia Idaho Illinois Iowa and Kansas. South Dakota