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...
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos approved Minnesota and West Virginia’s ESSA plans, the “first two states that submitted plans in the fall to win federal approval.”
Following a conference call with the U.S. Dept. of Education, Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra and State Board of Education President Linda Clark received a letter with federal feedback on Idaho’s ESSA plan. According to Idaho EdNews, “In that letter, Botel asked Ybarra and...
St. Paul Pioneer Press reporter Christopher Magan reports that, in mid-December, the U.S. Department of Education sent a letter to Minnesota Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius “asking state leaders to clarify several points of Minnesota’s new school accountability plan.” Minnesota was asked to clarify “how the...
The U.S. Department of Education has questions about Nebraska’s ESSA plan, specifically regarding how the state plans to “meet annual reporting requirements under the new education law.”
According to The Oklahoman, the Education Department has requested “additional details and clarifications before giving” Oklahoma’s ESSA plan final approval. The state must resubmit its updated plan by January 8.
The Dept. of Education is also “sending West Virginia back to the drawing board” on the state’s ESSA plan regarding “how much weight West Virginia gives to different areas of its academic accountability system, whether West Virginia is holding its counties accountable for English-language proficiency...
EdSource’s John Fensterwald reports that in a December 21 letter, the U.S. Department of Education “cited substantive flaws in California’s plan detailing how it will improve low-performing schools and use billions of dollars of federal education aid” under ESSA.
Officials at the U.S. Department of Education sent feedback to another state regarding the ESSA plans they submitted this fall: Idaho. Previously, the Department requested feedback from Indiana and Rhode Island, Arkansas, California, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Texas, as well as from Hawaii, Kentucky, Nebraska, New...
The U.S. Department of Education provided feedback to state education officials “based on its initial review of the plan submitted in September.” Commissioner of Education Stephen Pruitt stated in response that, overall, he is “pleased with where we are in the process and the feedback...
