US ED denies NY request for waiver on testing of SWDs This topic has 0 replies, 1 voice, and was last updated 6 years, 7 months ago by Candace Cortiella. Viewing 1 post (of 1 total) Author Posts at 9:52 am #47016 Candace CortiellaModerator The US Dept. of Ed has denied the waiver request of NYSED to test a portion of students with disabilities below their enrolled grade. More specifics below. NYSED press release: http://www.nysed.gov/news/2018/us-department-education-approves-new-york-states-every-student-succeeds-act-plan USED response: https://www2.ed.gov/admins/lead/account/stateplan17/waivers/nybelowgradetestingforswdltr.pdf Chalkbeat article: https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2018/01/17/federal-officials-deny-new-york-testing-waivers-but-sign-off-on-its-plan-for-judging-schools/ Candace Cortiella The Advocacy Institute (Our comments on the waiver request are posted at http://www.advocacyinstitute.org/ESSA/AdvocacyInstituteCommentsNYSED.ESSAwaiver-9-6-17.pdf) Author Posts Viewing 1 post (of 1 total) You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Log In