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:...
In letters sent this week to U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Maryland State Board of Education President Andy Smarick, Governor Larry Hogan “wrote that he believes” the state’s ESSA plan “will make little difference under a state law he fought against.”
The Maryland State Board of Education has approved its plan. The plan now goes to Gov. Hogan for approval before submission to the U.S. Dept. of Education.
The Maryland Board of Education approved a “five-star rating system” under the state’s ESSA plan. Cheryl Bost, vice president of the Maryland State Education Association, commented this plan “will set the direction and priorities of local school systems for the next 10 to 15 years,...
The Maryland Legislature overruled Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto of a bill that “would limit the state’s use of charter operators and vouchers to improve low-performing schools” under the state’s ESSA plan. The bill received support from the teacher’s union who argued it “was meant to...
The Maryland Legislature submitted a bill that would allow the state’s Board of Education to “determine how schools should be rated to determine performance.” The bill would “force the state board to reduce the weight given to standardized testing” and “prohibit the state from turning...
During a recent meeting as part of the Maryland Dept. of Education’s ESSA listening tour, stakeholders called for “consistency and ease of access to information” and “expressed interest in using additional indicators of success outside of academic standards.” Participants also suggested “investing in good leaders...
The Maryland State Dept. of Education is launching a five-stop listening tour for ESSA. The dept. “expects to submit its plan to the Dept. of Education this summer.”
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s primers include individual state by state accountability system fact sheets, which detail each state’s current accountability system, what could change under ESSA, and what to be asking state leaders. See details about your state here.
