Tag Archives: Letters (Correspondence)

Monitoring Process for ESEA Flexibility

September 4th, 2019

ESEA Flexibility Monitoring The Department will monitor each State approved for ESEA flexibility to ensure the State implements its plan fully, effectively, and in a manner that is consistent with the approved request and the requirements of ESEA flexibility, while supporting the State in its work to improve achievement for all students. The Department’s monitoring […]

Secretary’s Approval AMO Letter for Wyoming under the ESEA Flexibility

September 4th, 2019

Date: August 6, 2013 The Honorable James Rose Interim Director Wyoming Department of Education 2300 Capitol Avenue, 2nd floor Hathaway Building Cheyenne, WY 82002 Dear Director Rose: I am writing in response to the Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) request to waive certain requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended […]

Secretary’s Submission Extension Approval Letter (Wyoming) ESEA Flexibility

September 4th, 2019

Date: March 7, 2013 Honorable James O. Rose Interim Director Wyoming Department of Education 2300 Capitol Avenue, 2nd floor Hathaway Building Cheyenne, WY 82002 Dear Director Rose: On February 28, 2013, the Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) submitted a request for flexibility in response to the U.S. Department of Education’s (Department’s) September 23, 2011, document […]

Secretary’s Letter for West Virginia November 8, 2012 ESEA Flexibility

September 4th, 2019

November 8, 2012 Jorea M. Marple, State Superintendent of Education West Virginia Department of Education 1900 Kanawha Boulevard East Charleston, West Virginia 25305 Dear Superintendent Marple: Thank you for submitting West Virginia’s request for ESEA flexibility. We appreciate the hard work required to transition to college- and career-ready standards and assessments; develop a system of […]

Secretary’s Feedback Letter for West Virginia ESEA Flexibility

September 4th, 2019

  May 20, 2013 Honorable James B. Phares State Superintendent of Schools West Virginia Department of Education 1900 Kanawha Boulevard East Charleston, WV 25305 Dear Superintendent Phares: I am pleased to approve West Virginia’s request for ESEA flexibility. I congratulate you on submitting a request that demonstrates West Virginia’s commitment to improving academic achievement and […]

Secretary’s Principle Three Approval Letter for Washington ESEA Flexibility

September 4th, 2019

March 26, 2013 The Honorable Randall I. Dorn State Superintendent of Public Instruction Washington Department of Public Instruction P.O. Box 47200 Olympia, WA 98504 Dear Superintendent Dorn: I am writing to inform you of the outcome of the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED’s) review of Washington’s guidelines for teacher and principal evaluation and support systems. […]

Secretary’s Extended end of year Extended Approval Letter for Washington ESEA Flexibility

September 4th, 2019

August 14, 2013 The Honorable Randy Dorn Superintendent of Public Instruction Washington Department of Public Instruction P.O. Box 47200 Olympia, WA 98504 Dear Superintendent Dorn: I am writing in response to Washington’s July 19, 2013 request to extend approval of its ESEA flexibility request through the end of the 2013–2014 school year. Currently, Washington’s ESEA […]

Secretary’s Letter to Washington ESEA Flexibility

September 4th, 2019

  April 24, 2014 Honorable Randy Dorn Superintendent of Public Instruction State Department of Public Instruction P.O. Box 47200 Olympia, WA 98504 Dear Superintendent Dorn: This letter responds to your letter of March 27, 2014, in which you formally requested a one-year extension of the flexibility I granted to Washington under the Elementary and Secondary […]

Washington Field Testing Flexibility Determination Letter

September 4th, 2019

February 12, 2014 The Honorable Randy Dorn State Superintendent of Public Instruction Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction PO Box 47200 Olympia, WA 98504-7200 Dear Superintendent Dorn: I am writing in response to the Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction’s (OSPI) request on behalf of selected schools to waive […]

Secretary’s Field Testing Flexibility Determination Letter ESEA Flexibility

September 4th, 2019

January 30, 2014 The Honorable Rebecca Holcombe Secretary of Education State of Vermont, Agency of Education 120 State Street Montpelier, VT 05620 Dear Secretary Holcombe: I am writing in response to the Vermont Agency of Education’s (VAE’s) request on behalf of selected schools to waiver to allow the district to field test in 2013–2014 assessments […]