WASHINGTON (AP) — The one-sized-fits-all national requirements of No Child Left Behind would give way to standards that states write for themselves under legislation Senate Democrats announced Tuesday.The state-by-state approach to education standards is already in place in most states, which received waivers to the requirements in exchange for customized school improvement plans. The 1,150-page proposal from Senate education committee chairman Tom Harkin would require the remaining states to develop their own reform plans. Education Secretary Arne Duncan would still have final say over those improvement plans, and schools would still have to measure students’ achievements.
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