Indiana is now one of ten states that will no longer be required to follow "No Child Left Behind" guidelines.

Thursday the Obama administration announced the state will receive a waiver and released from the law.

Indiana will follow its own accountability guidelines.

Indiana's Superintendent Tony Bennett hopes the grading system already in place will be easier for parents to understand. But critics say it’s actually more complex.

For example in the School City of Mishawaka Emmons elementary was given a solid "B" last year. Nothing changed dramatically at the school this year.

However the school could be downgraded to a "C." Indiana changed its grading system now giving high marks to schools that make improvements. Plus now schools and students will be graded on a curve.

President Barack Obama says his decision to free10 states from the No Child Left Behind education law will give the flexibility they need to set high standards for students and hold schools accountable.

The 10 states are Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky,
Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oklahoma and Tennessee.