WASHINGTON, April 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. Education Department said Monday Nebraska is the only state that is not fulfilling school testing requirements.
It turns out there are two states that are not required to fulfill the high-stakes testing requirements of the No Child Left Behind education reform act -- Nebraska and Iowa.
Nebraska is the only one that is using the option of avoiding the high-stakes testing that is the cornerstone of the act and an anathema to many teachers and other educators.
Nebraska's school districts each develop their own requirements based on students' classroom portfolios, and don't face the specter of an achievement test that determines whether they and their schools pass or fail.
That's because of a constitution that bans statewide requirements.
The U.S. Department of Education says Congress included a provision in the legislation to allow for state constitutional requirements.
