This flexibility, though, is limited by the existing ESSA regulations, as the weighting
of nonacademic indicators can not be used to remove a school from a low performance designation.28
He highlighted several opportunities within ESSA that will help schools prioritize a comprehensive education for students, including the student supports in ESSA's new Title IV and the inclusion
of nonacademic indicators in accountability systems.
Not exact matches
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» indicato
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» indicato
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» indicato
of school quality, and a number are using it as their only «
nonacademic»
indicator.
NASSP recommends that school districts examine quantitative and qualitative data pertaining to both academic and
nonacademic indicators in their evaluation
of principals.
March 10, 2016 Letter to Department
of Education Secretary John B. King, Jr., expressing concerns about implementation
of the Every Student Succeeds At without significant guidance from the Department
of Education, particularly around
nonacademic indicators like social - emotional learning.
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires states to have, apart from four academic
indicators of school success, an additional
nonacademic indicator (the so - called «Fifth
Indicator») that assesses school quality or student success.
The federal law that replaces the No Child Left Behind Act requires states» accountability systems to include at least one «
nonacademic»
indicator of «school quality or student success» that «allows for meaningful differentiation in school performance» and «is valid, reliable, comparable, and statewide» alongside academic data (Ujifusa, 2016).
Under the Every Student Succeeds Act, states have more freedom to measure school quality and performance — including the selection
of a
nonacademic «school quality»
indicator.
Nonacademic indicators like school climate or Social Emotional Learning, and next - generation achievement measures like value - added or growth calculations are key facets
of many state plans under the new Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA (the federal law replaced No Child Left Behind in 2015.)
It does not mean eliminating measurement
of academic attainment and growth; it means coupling those with rigorous, reliable and valid
indicators of school organization and other
nonacademic factors.
It's clear from the experiences
of Illinois and more than a dozen other states that such
nonacademic indicators are key to moving the needle.
In Tennessee's Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plan, one
nonacademic indicator for school and district accountability is the «chronically out
of school» metric, which will evaluate progress in reducing the number
of students who miss ten percent or more
of the school year.
The new federal law also broadens the narrow focus on test scores
of the previous version
of the law, No Child Left Behind, by requiring states to create a school accountability system that includes at least one
nonacademic indicator.
As part
of a state's newly designed accountability system, at least one additional «
nonacademic»
indicator of school quality / student success is now allowed.
However, they are coming into much greater prominence in the national conversation because
of ESSA, the new federal law which «requires multiple measures for accountability, including at least one
nonacademic indicator, generally understood to be an SEL measure, such as student engagement, educator engagement, and school climate and safety.»
March 10, 2016 Letter to Department
of Education Secretary John B. King, Jr., expressing concerns about implementation
of the Every Student Succeeds At without significant guidance from the Department
of Education, particularly around
nonacademic indicators like social - emotional learning.
The idea
of teaching social skills received a potential boost from the new federal education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act, which requires states to create school accountability systems that include at least one
nonacademic indicator.