NCLB Waivers: A State-by-State Breakdown

Here's the latest on states' waiver status—including whether the waiver has been renewed and for how much additional time.

NCLB Waivers: A State-by-State Breakdown

The Obama administration announced in 2011 it would award waivers under the No Child Left Behind Act to states that agreed to adopt certain education ideas, such as teacher evaluations tied to student test scores. In exchange, states would get flexibility from some of the core tenets of the law, such as that 100 percent of students be proficient in math and reading by 2014.

A previous version of this page included an interactive map, which has since been removed.

Source: U.S. Department of Education | Reporting: Alyson Klein | Design and Programming: Chienyi Cheri Hung, Doris Nhan