A piece by Education Next takes a deeper dive into the recent FutureEd study examining opposition to statewide standardized testing. This opposition has made for strange bedfellows as “teachers’ unions and their progressive allies” opposed to test-based consequences for schools and teachers find themselves on...
A recent piece in Education Week highlights the various ways in which different states, districts, and schools are monitoring and tracking attendance in light of nationwide school closures due to the coronavirus. While “the federal Every Student Succeeds Act requires states to report chronic absence...
Last week, the Aurora Institute released “its broad-based education policy agenda” in two documents—one focusing on state policy actions and another outlining federal policy priorities to accelerate education innovation. The agenda includes “a set of 15 recommendations to make the nation’s education system fit for...
According to Chris Domaleski at the Center for Assessment, the disruption to ESSA school accountability systems is likely to reach well beyond 2021. Given the fact that many “state ESSA accountability systems rely on a bundle of multi-year data,” returning to the status quo quickly...
Collaborative for Student Success Executive Director Jim Cowen explains the need for transparency for funds provided by the recently passed Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act in this piece published by Forbes. While flexibility for state leaders is essential, Cowen argues that “the...
Education Dive takes a closer look at which states are reporting college enrollment data and how they are reporting it. Under ESSA, states are encouraged to report college enrollment rates as one area of student performance. According to guidance provided by the Department of Education...
The Bureau of Indian Education recently published its Standards, Assessment and Accountability System Final rule under the Every Student Succeeds Act, according to the Cherokee Phoenix. The SAAS rule will “provide the BIE with the ability to operate under a unified assessment system intended to...
Tens of thousands of schools across the country have closed in response to the spread of coronavirus, throwing state assessments into disarray. After initially considering “targeted” waivers of federal testing requirements, the Department of Education “shifted to a broader approach that will let most states...
According to Education Week, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative “has provided a combined $1.3 million in grants” to support online teaching efforts, organizations navigating “complicated policy questions,” and parents impacted by coronavirus-related school closures. The International Society for Education Testing and the State Educational Technology Directors...
The $2.2 trillion coronavirus economic aid package signed by President Trump last week commits “$31 billion in dedicated emergency funding for K-12 and higher education,” with $13.5 billion for public school budgets. Already, education groups are “anticipating and discussing the need for another round of...
