Ed Week Releases Quality Counts 2017 Annual Report
January 4, 2017
Education Week released the Quality Counts 2017 annual report on the progress of state ESSA implementation. According to the report, the nation received and overall grade of “C” for states’ efforts. Mark Bomster, an assistant managing editor at Education Week commented that the report, “examines a wide range of efforts now underway” in each state and assesses “challenges state policymakers face.” The report also graded each state on an individual scale with Massachusetts ranked first with a “B.”