States Seek Federal OK For Revisions
More than 40 states have notified the U.S. Department of Education that they want to make changes in their accountability plans approved last year under the No Child Left Behind Act.
Federal officials had encouraged states that wanted to make changes that would take effect with this spring’s testing cycle to let the Education Department know by April 1.
"We said, if you get the requests to us by April 1, we will guarantee that we’ll get a response to you in time to make that work," Raymond J. Simon, the assistant secretary for elementary and secondary education, said in...
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