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The state Education Department today presented to the Board of Regents and released for public review and comment the draft Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plan, Commissioner MaryEllen Elia announced.

PLATTSBURGH — State education officials visited SUNY Plattsburgh last week to hear comments on the latest draft of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

In contrast, Polikoff's public comment on draft ESSA accountability rules drew heavily on a large empirical literature as it argued against a federal mandate for states to use proficiency rates as measures of school performance.

I am optimistic that state education leaders are availing themselves of the chance to draft stronger, multifaceted measurement systems under ESSA.

The draft regulations would clarify that, under ESSA, states must issue «summative ratings» for each of their schools.

Owing to this ambiguity, I penned a letter [vi] to the Department of Education during the comment period on draft regulations arguing that they should broadly interpret the ESSA statute to allow states to use status measures of performance other than percent proficient.

That's much better than no progress at all, a thought worth bearing in mind in coming months when states publish their draft ESSA accountability plans, which must include multiple targets on achievement, graduation, and much else.

Yet, while ESSA requires states to consider multiple measures, current draft regulations then call on us to crunch them into a single, summative rating to identify struggling schools.

Despite this newfound flexibility, of the seventeen states with draft ESSA accountability plans, the Fordham Institute finds only six have moved away from percent proficient as their main measure of academic achievement.

The federal ESSA regulations give the state Board of Education the authority to draft and approve a school accountability plan based on test scores and other factors that is approved only by the federal Department of Education.

The newly proposed draft regulations for the Every Student Success Act (ESSA), released by the U.S. Department of Education on May 26th, not only give clarity to states about how to interpret the law — they also provide a clearer picture of how the law will serve the needs of at - risk students, in particular students with foster care or juvenile justice experience.

David Griffith, research and policy associate at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, explained the three «accountability mistakes» states are making while drafting ESSA implementation plans.

Menomonie paraeducator — and WEAC member — Lynn Goss has been chosen to serve with State Superintendent Tony Evers on a national committee that will draft proposed rules for the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

«The grinding, two - year process of drafting accountability plans under ESSA has upended states» K - 12 political landscape and laid bare long - simmering factions among power brokers charged with putting the new federal education law into effect this school year,» writes Daarel Burnette II in Education Week.

According to Wade Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and The Leadership Conference Education Fund, the recent rollback of the ESSA regulations «has led to more confusion and uncertainty for states who are in the middle of drafting...

According to Education Week, the draft ESSA rules could be seen as an attempt by the Dept. of Education to closely control how states deal with relatively...

With the recent passage of Senate Bill 1, drafted by State Education Committee Chair and CL4E Member Mike Wilson, Kentucky became one of the first states to legislatively respond to ESSA with comprehensive standards and a strong accountability plan.

The piece argued that states are «ready to push the ESSA envelope» and «people who hate the Obama administration's draft ESSA regulations» will be a top priority for...

Their recommendations on how to improve teacher evaluations (2016) and professional development (2015) inform our comments on the draft ESSA plan for the State of Illinois.

The Dept. of Education sent feedback to five more states on their draft ESSA plans.

Social and Emotional Learning, Privacy dangers, and Common Core Still Remain in Latest Draft AL State ESSA Consolidated Plan

The Dept. of Education posted draft regulations for ESSA's «Innovative Assessment» pilot program, which grants states the flexibility to administer «Innovative Assessments» to a subsect of their schools in place of their exiting statewide assessments.

Washington, D.C. (August 31, 2017)- The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) released the following statement about the draft of California's plan aligned with the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

Come September, all of the states will have submitted draft ESSA proposals.

Ginger Ostro of Advance Illinois discusses how her state carried out stakeholder engagement; while Opportunity Institute's Molly Mauer writes how states can help school districts begin local conversations needed to draft their own ESSA plans.

Although KnowledgeWork's Pace clearly wishes that more states would use ESSA to make a transformation, she said that there is evidence that some were spurred into new thinking by drafting the plans.

Continue reading A Deeper Dive into the State's Draft ESSA Accountability Plan →

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah State Board of Education (USBE) is requesting public feedback on a draft of the Consolidated State Plan required under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

The Idaho State Board of Education unanimously approved the state's draft ESSA State Board of Education unanimously approved the state's draft ESSA state's draft ESSA plan.

The Idaho Dept. of Education released the state's final draft ESSA plan for public review.

At an early November (2016) meeting here in Idaho, the first draft of our ESSA State Plan was presented.

On April 3, 2017, fourteen states and D.C. submitted their draft ESSA state accountability plans.

On May 31, 2016, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) released its first round of draft regulations regarding implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) through a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on accountability, state plans and data deporting.

The California State Board of Education adopted the state's ESSA compliance plan «with, as expected, few changes to the draft published last month.&rState Board of Education adopted the state's ESSA compliance plan «with, as expected, few changes to the draft published last month.&rstate's ESSA compliance plan «with, as expected, few changes to the draft published last month.»

Subsequently, on July 11, 2016, ED released draft regulations for state assessments under Title I, including Title I, part A (statewide assessments) and Title I, part B (Innovative Assessment and Accountability Demonstration Authority) of ESSA.

Yesterday, a Senate majority voted to repeal regulations created to ensure that states meet the requirements of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) when drafting their state plans.

«As part of ESSA, Ohio will reexamine its testing requirements,» the draft states.

Personalized Learning and the Every Student Succeeds Act: Mapping Emerging Trends for Personalized Learning in State ESSA Plans elevates trends that emerged during a year - long review of state ESSA plans and drState ESSA Plans elevates trends that emerged during a year - long review of state ESSA plans and drstate ESSA plans and drafts.

On Thursday, State Board of Education members voted to send a new draft of California's ESSA plan back to the U.S. Department of Education — but with barely any changes to the substance in the earlier version.

on Social and Emotional Learning, Privacy dangers, and Common Core Still Remain in Latest Draft AL State ESSA Consolidated Plan

The?Illinois State Board of?Education?is seeking public feedback on its draft ESSA plan.

The New York State Education Department recently unveiled the final draft of the state's accountability plan, as required under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (EState Education Department recently unveiled the final draft of the state's accountability plan, as required under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (Estate's accountability plan, as required under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

Then we outline promising, evidence - based investments in school leadership from submitted and draft ESSA state plans, including states taking advantage of the optional leadership set - aside.

This brief summarizes the evidence about the importance of principals, describes research - based practices in leadership development, and outlines promising, evidence - based investments from submitted and draft ESSA state plans.

However, by law, states and districts are required to draft new ESSA plans.

The majority of principals that we've talked to trust that their state will approach ESSA with good faith and full transparency and, as a first step, establish formal and informal groups of educators, including principals, to draft new plans for accountability and assessment systems.

Said Craig Seasholes, WLA School Library Division interim chair, «Despite blustery weather, the AASL ESSA session was well received and perfectly targeted to librarians in Washington State as we fast - track our response to our state's draft implementation State as we fast - track our response to our state's draft implementation state's draft implementation plan.