July 25, 2014 5:20 PM

Optimism over continuation of NCLB waiver on teacher accountability system

Most of the Texas delegation supportive

The state’s largest teacher group has backed up a request for an additional year to test the waters on the state’s new teacher accountability system, a key provision of the federal government’s agreement to waive No Child Left Behind for Texas.

Jennifer Canaday, ATPE Government Relations Manager, said the Association for Texas Professional Educators began meeting with the Texas delegation in June to discuss the one-year extension of the teacher evaluation pilot. Twenty-two members of the Texas delegation signed the

By Kimberly Reeves