South Carolina’s latest school report card, like other states, is leaner on information than in typical years due to the cancellation of standardized testing in the spring, but state officials say “key information about graduation rates, bullying and student safety, teacher and administrator salaries and...
After having announced their intent to request a second waiver of federally-required standardized assessments, the South Carolina Department of Education has created a survey to collect public feedback on the move. Though required by ESSA, State Superintendent Molly Spearman said “it is critical that students,...
Charleston Regional Business reports that the South Carolina Department of Education has released “the first list of 44 Comprehensive Support and Improvement schools as required under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act.” The list follows the school report cards that the state’s “education department released...
“School districts across the state are raising concerns about the newly-released state report cards,” writes Monica Kreber for The Gazette. “Some local school districts’ concerns stem from new data elements, as well as overall concerns with standardized testing.” The state’s new report cards are based...
Ariel Gilreath reports for the Greenville Journal that for “anyone familiar with South Carolina’s annual school and district report cards, this year’s version (to be released this week) will not only look completely different, but will also highlight new data than in previous years.” The...
On May 22, in Charleston County, South Carolina, parents, teachers and others were invited to invited to attend a forum “about how best to hold public schools accountable for educating students” under ESSA. “This forum is directed toward educators, parents and the community at large—anyone...
The Orangeburg Consolidated School District 5 Education Association hosted an ESSA town hall meeting that focused on three main areas: 1, reducing class size; 2, reducing state standardized tests; and 3, and providing “wraparound” services for students to meet their social, personal, and mental needs....
In an interview with The T&D, Dr. Tom Newman, superintendent of Orangeburg Consolidated School District Four, said that ESSA “allows states to eliminate ’unnecessary and duplicative assessments’.” Newman and other stakeholders have presented their recommendations to the state, but still have “some serious concerns” about...
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.
Molly Spearman, SC state superintendent of education issued a memo to district superintendents informing them that SC plans to request a waiver under ESSA that SC’s “assessment system measure the full range of the State’s academic content standards. South Carolina requests this waiver only with...
