The Cato Institute reviewed the House Republican Task Force on Poverty, Opportunity & Upward Mobility’s report on increasing opportunity and reducing poverty. The report highlights ESSA as a major factor in driving economic opportunity. Cato’s blog notes one criticism of ESSA, arguing that “it seems...
Education Week examines Alliance for Excellent Education’s concerns that the accountability regulations in ESSA “would let too many English-language learners, students in special education, minorities, and disadvantaged students slip through the cracks.” The report focuses on a provision that would allow states to pick any...
Bob Wise, president of the Alliance for Excellent Education and the former governor of West Virginia, authored an opinion piece which explains that “ESSA specifically calls for “evidence-based” interventions, and education leaders will need to study the numbers before deciding which programs to adopt. This...
The Dept. of Education issued a press release highlighting ESSA’s provisions intended to promote equality among school districts. The release notes that the regulations “uphold ESSA’s critical civil rights protections and enhance equity for historically underserved students by including all students and each subgroup in...
Education Trust submitted a letter to the Dept. of Education regarding ESSA guidelines. Ed Trust encouraged the Dept. of Education to “ensure states consider their student achievement goals when deciding which schools need help working with subgroups of students,” and require summative ratings for all...
