Following a conference call with the U.S. Dept. of Education, Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra and State Board of Education President Linda Clark received a letter with
federal feedback on Idaho's ESSA plan.
Delaware has refused to back down from its goals, setting up a choice for the Department: Approve a state plan that has
rejected federal feedback, or reject a plan based on a dubious pretext.
Politico's Morning Education reports that Minnesota, New York, Virginia and West Virginia also
received federal feedback this week.
Sue Burr, executive director of the state board of education and Gov. Jerry Brown's educational policy adviser, said
initial federal feedback on the bill suggested that chances of winning a waiver were «favorable... but would probably require additional guidelines or regulations.»
Based on
federal feedback to states that have already submitted their plans, the Oakland - based nonprofit, nonpartisan education advocacy organization has sent letters to the state...
Conneticut's Cohn, in an interview before
the federal feedback was released, said the so - called «super-subgroups» serve a purpose in some schools.
In response to
federal feedback, the Vermont Agency of Education will provide more detail to the U.S. Dept. of Education about how it will measure student progress under ESSA.
An independent and bipartisan peer review of all state ESSA plans found that California's
federal feedback was extensive, exceeding what most other states received.