In the first completely online Reidy Interactive Lecture Series, the Center for Assessment is focusing on the “implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for assessment and accountability.” Beginning in August and continuing through September, the online series includes webinars discussing the status of summative assessments and...
The Collaborative for Student Success is still taking reservations for our special discussion on the Every Student Succeeds Act on the law’s four-year anniversary. If you’re able to make it, this promises to be an informative and interesting event featuring an overview and discussion with...
On Tuesday, December 10, the Collaborative for Student Success is hosting an afternoon discussion of ESSA four years to the day after the law was signed. Taking place at the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C., this special event will include a conversation with ESSA’s...
ESSA requires vendors to demonstrate that their products, services, and strategies “focused on school interventions are backed by evidence.” Already, this requirement is having a drastic impact as school districts reexamine contracts with longtime vendors and companies. This webinar will explain what K-12 companies “need...
On September 30 at 11am PT/2pm ET, BSCP Center will host a webinar with Edunomics Lab to provide guidance for states on conducting ESSA-required Resource Allocation Reviews (RARs) to support school improvement. RARs offer a new opportunity for state, district, and school leaders to examine the connection between...
On August 27, at 1:00 pm ET, BSCP Center will host a webinar featuring Edunomics Lab to discuss questions regarding ESSA’s financial transparency reporting. Participants “will learn about the new Supplement-not-Supplant requirement for a district ‘resource allocation methodology’ and explore what conducting ‘resource allocation reviews’...
According to the National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE), ESSA has “provided new opportunities for creating innovative assessments that fulfill accountability requirements while contributing to learning and teaching.” On August 7, at 3:00 PM ET, NASBE will host a webinar featuring Abby Javurek,...
According to this report from the LA Sentinel, on June 25, the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) hosted a Black Parents’ Town Hall Meeting on Educational Excellence. At the event, stakeholders “engaged in a lively discussion” about ESSA. The event was a part of NNPA’s...
On May 22, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. ET at the Capitol Visitors Center in Washington, D.C., the Learning Policy Institute, Alliance for Excellent Education, American Institutes for Research, America’s Promise Alliance, Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, Opportunity Institute, and Turnaround for...
Today from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET, Education Week will host an online summit that will take a “deep dive” into ESSA and give participants “a unique opportunity to directly interact with reporters and experts about implementation of the nation’s marquee K-12 law.” The...
