Brian McVicar reports on MLive.com that the Michigan Department of Education is “firing back against an education research and advocacy organization”— The Education Trust-Midwest —“that issued a statement sharply critical of its plan to comply with” ESSA. Read Ed Trust-Midwest’s statement here.
Sec. DeVos has approved Michigan’s plan. In a statement, covered by MLive, she noted that, “While the plan meets the statutory requirements, Michigan must not view this as a ceiling, but rather as a baseline upon which to build, strengthen and expand. I urge Michigan’s...
Also in Michigan, the state’s new school bench-marking system is being created both because it was mandated by ESSA, and—according to State Superintendent Brian Whiston—“the old system wasn’t working.”
In Michigan, as state officials “work on a new school transparency dashboard—an online tool containing an array of performance indicators for every public school in Michigan—they’re seeking input from parents and residents.”
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:...
State Rep. Tim Kelly has announced that he will “push for an A-F letter grade system in the Michigan Legislature.” According to Kelly, the state needs “to get serious about accountability, and I think that includes an A-F.”
After the U.S. Dept. of Education declined to review Michigan’s plan because of too much missing information, the state has re-submitted its ESSA plan. According to UPMatters.com, “The re-submitted plan includes requested technical detail and clarifications to the first submitted plan, as well as better...
The Dept. of Education released feedback on Michigan’s ESSA plans. In a departure from the other feedback we’ve seen, Education Week’s Alyson Klein wrote, “The department told the state chief, Brian Whiston, the information it provided ‘was insufficient’ to ‘adequately review’ the section of the...
Twenty-four teachers were chosen to serve on Michigan’s accountability task force to “help guide the implementation” of ESSA. According to MLive, “the teachers were chosen from a pool of more than 300 who applied for a spot on the Michigan Teacher Leadership Advisory Council.”
Michigan will “no longer rank schools based on test scores,” but plans to move to a dashboard system under ESSA. Venessa Keesler, deputy superintendent for the Michigan Department of Education, praised the proposed plan and described the dashboard as a “crown jewel,” focusing on the...
