Dive Brief:
- Lawmakers in Washington State have scuttled a bill that would have brought it into compliance with the federal government's requirements for a waiver from the No Child Left Behind Act.
- That may mean that the state will be forced to meet the act's difficult and potentially costly requirements.
- After a meeting with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Washington's governor was cautiously optimistic about maintaining the state's waiver, though nothing has been settled.
Dive Insight:
The sticking point here is a teacher evaluation method. The federal government wants Washington to require schools to use student scores on statewide tests as part of teacher evaluations. The current law recommends the use of the data, but does not mandate it.
