Dive Brief:

• Assistant Secretary of Education Deborah Delisle is stepping down from her post at the U.S. Department of Education to become CEO of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, a professional development nonprofit. 
• A top-ranking official with the department since 2012, Delisle's main responsibility has been overseeing the issuing of No Child Left Behind waivers to states. 
• Prior to joining the Obama Administration, Delisle was a state education superintendent in Ohio. 

Dive Insight:

Because congress has failed to re-authorize ESEA, states have been held to the lofty goals of No Child Left Behind past their deadlines. To avoid penalties for failing to meet those goals, states were issued waivers in exchange for promises to incorporate a number of Obama reforms, like test-based teacher evaluations, into state policies. Delisle was in charge of vetting states' application, ultimately deciding whether waivers would be awarded or rejected.