Federal Waivers Grant Flexibility to No Child Left Behind in SREB States
This SREB Policy Brief examines federal waivers to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 in 13 SREB states. In exchange for the waivers, the states agreed to develop policies that would support college and career readiness, teacher and principal evaluation systems partially based on student achievement, differentiated accountability that gives the most support to low-achieving schools and districts, and a unified accountability system.