SOME STATES CAN'T KEEP IT UP

As schools struggle, officials seek relief from NCLB

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1.   Fewer Hawai'i schools meet annual progress goals

Jul 16, 2011 – Sixty-two percent of Hawai'i's 286 public schools didn't meet the new, higher federal No Child Left Behind progress requirements, according.

1.   read more on test results - HSTA

Jul 16, 2010 – And nearly half of Hawaii's schools reached annual progress goals under No Child ... though it fell short of meeting annual NCLB progress goals. .... that as Congress considers reauthorizing the pass-fail testing systems ...

1.   Principals 'ecstatic' over test results - Hawaii News ...

Jul 16, 2010 – And nearly half of Hawaii's schools reached annual progress goals under No Child Left Behind requirements, compared with 36 percent last ...

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Awards will go to the states leading the way in implementing comprehensive early learning education reform. If Hawaii wins, it is eligible for up to $50 million, a cap based on the state's share of the national population of children in the target age group who come from low-income families.

1.   Education officials review Hawaii's Race to the Top progress ...

The state team is executing Hawaii's nearly $75 million Race to the Top grant, awarded by the Department in August 2010 to support the state's comprehensive ...