State Plan Submissions and Drafts
Approved State Plans Arizona: Final Plan Approved (9/6/17) Connecticut: Final Plan Approved (8/15/17) Delaware: Final Plan Approved (8/2/17) District of Columbia: Final Plan Approved (8/28/17)...
View ArticleGA Prioritizes Narrowing the Achievement Gap
NNPA’s Dr. Elizabeth Primas 30 writes that “Georgia is making every effort to ensure that students have a better chance of performing at proficient or advanced levels on all state exams” under ESSA,...
View ArticleTimes Are A-Changing Georgia’s School Accountability System
The Rome Tribune News reports Georgia’s school accountability system—the College and Career Ready Performance Index—could “experience a number of changes” if the state’s ESSA plan is approved; these...
View ArticleGeorgia, Utah, and Puerto Rico Plans Sent Back
Sec. DeVos issued additional feedback for three state ESSA plans. Alyson Klein notes that it is “unclear” if states need to revise plans based on feedback, and that some states in the spring “got the...
View ArticleGeorgia ESSA Waiver in Action
Thom Chandler reports for the Georgia Sun that the U.S. Department of Education has approved a waiver for Georgia that “will keep some middle school students from unnecessary testing.” Currently,...
View ArticleReport Highlight’s Local County Efforts for Military Students
In the Augusta Chronicle, Doug Mesecar and Don Soifer, authors of a recent report from the Lexington Institute, write about the mission, rollout and implementation of ESSA’s Military Student Identifier...
View ArticleGeorgia “Wants In” on Innovative Assessment Pilot
Alyson Klein reports in Education Week that Georgia, which has announced their intention to apply for ESSA’s Innovative Assessment pilot, is taking a bit of a different approach by running “its own...
View ArticleInnovative Assessment Decisions Raise Concerns in Georgia
Writing in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, columnist Maureen Downey is skeptical of the Georgia Board of Education’s recent approval of three pilot tests via ESSA’s Innovative Assessments program....
View ArticleGA Identifies Struggling Schools
Ty Tagami reports for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Georgia’s Department of Education has released its first list of schools “in need of additional support.” These 103 schools officially fall...
View ArticleGeorgia Ed Department Releases Targeted Schools List
According to All On Georgia, last week, the Peach State’s Education Department released the first list of Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI) schools under ESSA. These schools fall into one of two...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....