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School Library Programs in New Jersey: Building Blocks for Realizing Student Potential with ESSA Legislation Opportunities (April 2016)

«I think on the whole I've been pretty pleased with the ESSA coverage,» says Anne Hyslop, an independent education consultant who worked at the USDE during the Obama administration.

Johns Hopkins University has constructed a powerful online resource called Evidence for ESSA that organizes digital math and reading tools that best align with ESSA standards and ranks these products based on the success of studies and research that has been done on the programs, allowing schools to find research - based tools that are best made to fit their student demographics.

Minnesota and other states are currently working on their plans for complying with ESSA, and they will ultimately require approval from the U.S. Department of Education.

Do you think that compliance with ESSA is our solution to low academic achievement for students attending school in juvenile justice facilities?

I come back to this because some of the states turning in their plans have made few, if any, changes to their NCLB Waiver plans and are simply turning those in to comply with the ESSA plan requirement.

With the ESSA rollout, requirements tied to the ACT exam are now pushed to the forefront even more.

The system is still in flux, as the state is developing the rubrics for judging whether districts have met their performance goals, while also designing a school - level accountability system to comply with ESSA, and trying to ensure the system as a whole is coherent.

And as an SEL program, BASE Education qualifies for multiple funding sources and is aligned with ESSA.

These groups were concerned that Florida's plan did not comply with ESSA's requirement that states include the performance of individual student subgroups as a factor in the grades assigned to schools.

Finding the time to accomplish this and absorb best practices of intervention will certainly present a challenge in the credit - based world of high school, but it's key to improving student outcomes and complying with ESSA requirements.

Learn how professional learning communities (PLCs) can be integrated with the ESSA education bill to improve student learning.

To ensure that parents can make an informed choice of school for their children, charter and non-charter schools should publicly report their disaggregated discipline data annually, in keeping with ESSA's required annual state and district report cards.

While states still have to comply with NCLB's mandate of testing students in reading and math in grades 3 through 8 and once in high school, with ESSA, they would be permitted to set their own student achievement goals, identify their own academic and non-academic (i.e., school climate, teacher engagement) indicators for accountability, design their own intervention plans for their lowest performing schools, and implement their own teacher evaluation systems.

The figures are merely an illustrative example of weightings that are in compliance with ESSA requirements; states can use different weightings than are in this example.

With ESSA placing states and districts in the driver's seat when it comes to school improvement, what lessons can be learned from the School Improvement Grant (SIG) program?

«We chose this theme because with ESSA we have a tremendous opportunity to ensure that all of our schools can achieve excellence,» said Ginger Ostro, Executive Director of Advance Illinois.

With ESSA, states have more flexibility when it comes to testing.

The report demonstrates that nearly all states will need to make adjustments to comply with ESSA.

On the other hand, in order to comply with ESSA, states may use additional academic subjects such as science and social studies as the second academic indicator for elementary and middle schools, or as an indicator of school quality or student success for any schools, according to initial feedback from the Education Department.26 The analysis in this brief excludes these measures when identifying and weighting measures of school quality or student success.

With ESSA, educators — the ones who know students, parents, and neighborhoods best — have the opportunity to advocate for what we know works, and community schools should be at the top of our list.

This analysis includes a discussion on the different funding streams, new initiatives and strategies for complying with ESSA.

In many ways, this shift anticipated what was put into law with ESSA.

April 3, 2018 - Aligning Evidence - Based Clearinghouses with the ESSA Tiers of Evidence - This crosswalk document developed by REL Midwest applies the criteria ESSA uses to determine levels of evidence to the standards of existing research clearinghouses.

The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) recently released its plan for complying with ESSA.

Our strategic plan in conjunction with ESSA funding will help us make a difference in the lives of all students.»

With ESSA's increased focus on whole child education, programs are developing and implementing innovative approaches to collecting and using data to measure family engagement and target areas for improvement.

The Oklahoma School Testing Program (OSTB) administers seven end - of - instruction (EOI) exams in English language arts, math, and science course subjects as well as U.S. History, in compliance with ESSA and aligned with the Oklahoma Academic Standards.

«To align with ESSA's specifications for evidence, Imagine Learning is committed to obtaining evidence of product effectiveness and regularly partners with school districts in conducting rigorous research,» stated Carter.

For more information on how Imagine Learning programs align with ESSA standards visit: http://www.imaginelearning.com/ESSA

The «why comply» question began to plague me because I saw with my own eyes and heard with my own ears how compliance with the ESSA requirement for «meaningful» consultation with parents was not at all meaningful.

DeSchryver discussed how EdTech companies like Imagine Learning could become «thought partners» with school districts to aid in decision making that aligns with ESSA standards.

Nari Carter, Research Manager at Imagine Learning, acknowledged that in order to align with ESSA standards, supplemental education programs need to be backed by research that is well - designed, well - implemented.

With ESSA, states can support schools in refocusing on the academic and social - emotional side of student achievement.

The second provides states a framework for engaging with stakeholders, while the third seeks to offer additional resources as states «work to understand and implement changes» with ESSA.

With ESSA, educators have an opportunity to redefine how we approach America's instructional priorities and accountability.

The flexibility that comes with ESSA has allowed states to coordinate services among CTE, workforce development and higher education.

Our system is in alignment with ESSA and is ready and available for use.

Beginning in the 2017 - 2018 school year, all public schools will be required to comply with ESSA.

With ESSA as with most things in education, it's easy to get pulled into the jargon.

With ESSA's promise to put more control into state and local hands, Robinson proclaims that it will be a good time to be a state school officer.

First, Congress with the U.S. Department Education rescinded the regulatory guidance designed under the Obama administration to help states comply with ESSA.

-- With ESSA, districts are asked to conduct a comprehensive needs assessment to identify the needs of their unique populations and make investments to address those needs.

The Dept. of Education announced a new competitive grant that is compatible with ESSA for states that want to «ditch fill - in - the - bubble tests» with modern, «competency - based tests.»

Low Performing Schools In keeping with the ESSA's theme of increased state flexibility and reduced federal authority, the ESSA revamps NCLB's approach to improving low - performing schools.

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Isakson praised the push for local and state control, stating, «I am very pleased with ESSA» and that ESSA has «empowered our teachers to teach kids, not just...

While speaking to local education leaders, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R - TN) told them to «assume that the U.S. Dept. of Education will say yes» to the «plans they're drafting to comply with ESSA.»

«My hope, as states grapple with ESSA, is that they think about sustainable school improvement efforts which integrate and support academic and the so - called nonacademic aspects of student learning,» Cohen says.

The report's authors encourage states not to «just comply with ESSA,» but to «take advantage of the flexibility afforded by the law in order to develop classification systems that reflect their state vision for education and that...