– Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes (to West Virginia’s ESSA Plan)

– Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes (to West Virginia’s ESSA Plan)

January 12, 2018

According to West Virginia MetroNews’ Brad McElhinny, West Virginia’s final ESSA plan—recently approved by the U.S. Education Department—included several changes based on feedback from the federal agency, including how much weight the state “gives to different areas of its academic accountability system,” whether or not the state properly holds counties accountable for English-language proficiency, and the “viability of locally-selected tests in lower grades.”