Waiver HQ: Laissez Les Bons Tests Rouler
Louisiana has just secured approval for a limited federal flexibility option and formally submitted its ESEA waiver proposal. Both are focused on funding flexibility, not testing.
Waiver HQ: Idaho’s assessment ambitions
By Dale Chu Idaho is seeking public comment on its waiver proposal, which includes two substantive changes to the state’s assessment framework: Replace the state’s third grade assessment with an early literacy screener Replace the state’s eleventh grade assessment with a menu of college and career exams’ Idaho’s state superintendent framed this as an […]
Waiver HQ: Mississippi’s Misguided Testing Waiver Directive
Mississippi’s omnibus education bill (HB 2), which passed the House before stalling in the Senate, has drawn attention largely for its school choice provisions.
Waiver HQ: Kansas’s coherence cover story
Kansas’s ESSA waiver requests broad, multi-year flexibility to pause school identification and exit timelines while the state integrates federal accountability into its accreditation system.
Waiver HQ: Indiana aims to rewrite accountability, but questions remain
Indiana’s ESSA waiver request is ambitious: less a targeted flexibility play than a deliberate effort to rethink assessment, accountability, and how federal K-12 dollars are governed, monitored, and evaluated.
Waiver HQ: Iowa reaffirms state testing in its ESSA waiver
Iowa has officially submitted its ESSA waiver, and the state is making a very deliberate choice: leave state testing alone.
Waiver HQ: Tracking state testing flexibility under McMahon
U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon has signaled renewed openness to state requests for flexibility under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).