So how are states responding in
their ESSA plans they submitted to the federal government?
At a March speech to state education chiefs, DeVos expressed disappointment with many
ESSA plans submitted by various states, singling out one in particular: «Another state took a simple concept like a color - coded dashboard and managed to make it nearly indecipherable.»
This brief details the extent to which the first seventeen states included alignment strategies in
ESSA plans submitted in April 2017 and provides suggested actions for states that will be submitting ESSA plans during round 2 in September 2017.
Officials at the U.S. Department of Education sent feedback to another state regarding
the ESSA plans they submitted this fall: Idaho.
U.S. News & World Report notes that just three of the 10
ESSA plans submitted to the Dept. of Education include language related to expanding school choice, despite Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos» suggestion that they do so.
This week, the Collaborative and the Bellwether Education Partners team brought together 46 peer reviewers to look at the 34 state
ESSA plans submitted to the Dept. of Education in September.
In July, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute reviewed the first 17 state
ESSA plans submitted to the U.S. Department of Education.
The Council of Chief State School Officers responded to the U.S. Dept. of Education's feedback on
ESSA plans submitted by Delaware, Nevada, and New Mexico.
With Virginia's
ESSA plan submitted to the U.S. Department of Education, planning for the 2018 — 19 school year is top of mind for district and school administrators.
Not exact matches
Once the Board approves the
ESSA plan, NYSED will
submit the
plan to the U.S. Department of Education for review and approval on Sept. 18.
This spring, Massachusetts has an opportunity to spark local innovation, when it
submits a
plan for implementing
ESSA.
Yet despite this fact only one of the seventeen states that
submitted their
ESSA plans in May mentions teacher absenteeism.
Of the seventeen states that
submitted their
ESSA plans to the U.S. Department of Education last May, for example, fifteen said they
plan to use student chronic absenteeism and / or attendance as an indicator of school quality, and a number are using it as their only «nonacademic» indicator.
Fifteen out of the first 17
ESSA Plans mention their 2015 State Plans to Ensure Equitable Access to Excellent Educators (equity plans), the last major plans that states submitted to the U.S. Department of Education prior to
Plans mention their 2015 State
Plans to Ensure Equitable Access to Excellent Educators (equity plans), the last major plans that states submitted to the U.S. Department of Education prior to
Plans to Ensure Equitable Access to Excellent Educators (equity
plans), the last major plans that states submitted to the U.S. Department of Education prior to
plans), the last major
plans that states submitted to the U.S. Department of Education prior to
plans that states
submitted to the U.S. Department of Education prior to
ESSA.
On Jan. 8, 2018, the Texas Education Agency
submitted to the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) a revised version of our state's Every Student Succeeds Act (
ESSA) consolidated
plan.
As of this writing, the U.S. Department of Education has approved Arizona's
ESSA plan, but Arizona's document was missing the new law providing testing flexibility (every state must
submit to the federal agency a
plan for how the state intends to implement
ESSA's requirements).
Here are the first 17 states to
submit ESSA plans.
Under the 2015 Every Student Succeeds Act (
ESSA), every state must
submit a state
ESSA plan to the U.S. Department of Education.
Seventeen states have
submitted ESSA plans to the federal government so far; and this week a peer review of the
plans was released.
Finally, maximizing the opportunity under
ESSA to address the impact of adverse childhood experiences on student learning will require thoughtful development of North Carolina's state
ESSA plan, which the Department of Public Instruction is now crafting and will
submit by March 2017.
On April 3, the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)
submitted its state
plan outlining the vision for accountability and support systems to the U.S. Department of Education (USED) under the Every Student Succeeds Act (
ESSA).
MSDE's announcement comes in the months before states are due to
submit a
plan for assessing the academic standards outlined by the Every Student Succeeds Act (
ESSA), signed into law by President Obama in 2015.
With the first of two major deadlines now passed, states have begun the process of finalizing and
submitting their Every Student Succeeds Act (
ESSA) implementation
plans to the U.S. Department of Education.
As state
ESSA plans have been
submitted to the U.S. Department of Education, CCSSO and Partners for — with the support of Education First, national organizations, and local leaders — have developed this Handbook to assist LEA and school leaders as they engage stakeholders to effectively implement
ESSA at the local level.
States are continuing to
submit and receive approval of their
ESSA plans.
By Adriana Jarquin, CEI Intern As the transition period for the Every Student Succeeds Act (
ESSA) comes to an end, states are beginning to prepare for the 2017 - 2018 school year by
submitting their new education
plans to the U.S. Department of Education.
For more on how state engagement efforts under
ESSA have been meaningful thus far, and how we can continue to share the responsibility for educational equity and excellence, see our review of
ESSA state
plans submitted in April / May 2017 — Process and Protest.
The state's
ESSA plan does not need any approval from the General Assembly or Gov. Roy Cooper, but it is
submitted with Cooper's signature and the signature of state Superintendent of Public Instruction Mark Johnson.
North Carolina is developing a new school performance accountability
plan to line up with the regulations created under the
ESSA law, and DPI
plans to
submit its draft to the federal Department of Education in September for approval.
Sixteen states and Washington, D.C.,
submitted plans to the Education Department for school accountability under
ESSA.
The deadline has passed for states to
submit final Every Student Succeeds Act (
ESSA)
plans.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos today announced that all consolidated state
plans submitted by 34 states and Puerto Rico under the Every Student Succeeds Act (
ESSA) for the fall deadline were found to be complete and ready for peer review.
Higher Ed for Higher Standards released a new «Leveraging
ESSA» brief detailing how the first 17 states to
submit their
ESSA plans laid out
plans to align K — 12 and higher education to support long - term student success — as the group had detailed in its previous...
The Center for American Progress examined the 17 state
ESSA plans that have been
submitted to the Dept. of Education, reviewing each state's «school classification systems and school improvement
plans.»
States that have
submitted their
ESSA plans look to address «perennially struggling schools, and schools where certain groups of students, like English - language learners, aren't doing well.»
Achieve released a new online tracking tool that «summarizes states» long term goals for student achievement and graduation rates, along with the accountability indicators and weighting included in states»
plans submitted under
ESSA.»
The brief details «the extent to which the both the 34 states that
submitted ESSA plans in September 2017...
The piece noted that
ESSA can «serve as a catalyst» to «super-charge» new ways for schools to educate children, and highlighted the
plans states must
submit to the...
The Federal Every Student Succeeds Act (
ESSA), passed in December 2015, requires states to
submit a Consolidated State
Plan to the Secretary of the US Department of Education detailing how they intend to use federal Title monies.
Related, states were recently (this past May) required to
submit to the federal government their revised school and teacher evaluation
plans, post
ESSA, given how they have changed, or not.
The Collaborative for Student Success, in conjunction with Bellwether Education Partners, released an independent peer review of the 17 state accountability
plans that have been
submitted so far, under
ESSA.
Bellwether Education Partners and the Collaborative for Student Success have partnered to assemble a group of 30 experts to independently review
ESSA plans that have been
submitted to the Dept. of Education.
Education Week examined state's
submitted ESSA plans on gauging school performance.
Mike English writes for eSchool News that with the passage of the deadline for states to
submit their final
ESSA plans, it's now «up to school districts to figure out how to capture and report data about student performance.»
Collaborative for Student Success Executive Director Jim Cowen authored an opinion piece in The Hill about the importance of the independent peer review of state
submitted ESSA plans.
Education Week examined «education jargon» used throughout the 17 state
ESSA plans that have been
submitted to the Dept. of Education.
A number of «states that have already
submitted ESSA plans to the U.S. Department of Education...
The Thomas B. Fordham Institute released a report on the 17 state
ESSA plans that have been
submitted to the Dept. of Education.
The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) has released its analyses of educator equity in 34 recently
submitted state
plans under
ESSA, completing the organization's analysis of all state
ESSA plans.
The state, by
submitting an application for funds under
ESSA (the state
plan), is entering into an agreement to meet the requirements of the law.