Soaring numbers of high school students are failing classes or are considered “chronically absent” this school year, leading to a nationwide push by educators to track down and engage older students they fear might not reach graduation after a year disrupted by the pandemic. A...
Idaho joined the list of states looking to offer free online math tutoring through a new service by Khan Academy founder Sal Khan and backed by former education secretary Arne Duncan. The free tutoring platform, Schoolhouse.world, has also entered into partnerships with Nevada, Rhode Island,...
“The data moment has arrived,” says Data Quality Campaign President and CEO Jennifer Bell-Ellwanger in a piece for the 74 Million. Citing the prioritization of data collection and use throughout a number of Executive Orders and strategies employed by President Joe Biden, Bell-Ellwanger says, “it’s...
After months of uncertainty, education leaders, teachers, researchers, and advocates received an answer to whether state annual assessments would resume this school year following an abrupt cancellation this past spring due to the coronavirus. In a letter to all state superintendents – not just the...
The Collaborative for Student Success has launched Assessment HQ, a unique online platform that takes the guesswork and risk of misinformation out of state annual assessments by providing transparency on student proficiency and state testing decisions. As a part of ESSA, states are required to...
Education Week’s Alyson Klein asks: “What happens if a state makes changes to its ESSA plan without Betsy DeVos’ sign-off?” It’s a good question—one that might be answered by happenings in New Mexico, where state officials have submitted an updated ESSA plan, which is currently under...
Linda Jacobson reports for Education Dive that while ESSA “defines student success as more than just achievement in core academic subjects”—and also “lists the arts and music as examples of a “well-rounded education”—few states are formally incorporating the arts into their accountability plans. However, three...
In this Education Week blog, which is part of the publication’s “Answering Your ESSA Questions” series, Alyson Klein responds to the following query: “How many states have included science testing in their plans, and what states will count science in their accountability system?” The answer:...
