Virginia schools exempt from strict AYP standards
The state has been granted a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind act's Average Yearly Progress standards, which required 100% pass rates by 2014. Many educators called that unrealistic and unattainable.
Five more states – including Virginia – have been granted flexibility from key provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind education law, the Obama administration announced Friday.
That brings the total number of states receiving waivers to 24. Thirteen other applications are still being reviewed.
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