EdSource’s John Fensterwald reports that in a December 21 letter, the U.S. Department of Education “cited substantive flaws in California’s plan detailing how it will improve low-performing schools and use billions of dollars of federal education aid” under ESSA.
According to new state data, “more than one in 10 [California] students are chronically absent.” Phyllis Jordan finds this information “troubling because chronic absenteeism is associated with weaker test scores, higher dropout rates and lower chances of finishing college,” and discusses ways the state can...
LA School Report says the CheckStatePlans.org evaluation finds that California’s ESSA lacks two critical data points necessary to evaluate schools. The state received the lowest scores in two of the review’s nine categories: “failing to identify the 5 percent of lowest-performing schools, including high schools...
Approved State Plans Alabama: Final Plan Approved (5/7/18) Alaska: Final Plan Approved (5/16/18) Arizona: Final Plan Approved (9/6/17) Arkansas: Final Plan Approved (1/16/18) Colorado: Final Plan Approved (5/7/18) Connecticut: Final Plan Approved (8/15/17) Delaware: Final Plan Approved (8/2/17) District of Columbia: Final Plan Approved (8/28/17) Georgia:...
The California State Board of Education adopted the state’s ESSA compliance plan “with, as expected, few changes to the draft published last month.” After a year-and-a-half of work, “most board members said they were satisfied that the document meshes with and advances the state’s larger...
According to LA School Report, teacher groups are “frustrated with California’s ESSA plan’s ‘loose’ definition of ineffective teachers.” Daniel Weisberg, CEO of TNTP, said he was “disappointed,” and that “California’s loose definition of an ineffective teacher is not good for teachers overall.”
The California Dept. of Education released the final June forum dates for public feedback on the state’s ESSA plan. Barbara Murchison, who has “collected the ESSA input from throughout the state for the last month,” encouraged leaders to attend meetings because, “We are glad to...
The California Dept. of Education will host two public meetings in Los Angeles and two online webinars on the state’s ESSA plan. Meetings will be held in English and Spanish. The public comment period ends on June 30.
Comment period opens for California’s education accountability plan. Two meetings will be held this week in Los Angeles, and two more will be held in online webinars open for everyone to have a say on California’s Every Student Succeeds Act State Plan. The public comment period ends...
The California State Board of Education opened its public comment portal for feedback related to the state’s ESSA plan. The comment period will open be open from May 22 to June 30, 2017. The California Dept. of Education will also is also partner with various...
