The Dept. of Education posted examples of states engaging local stakeholders in the implementation of ESSA. Several state outreach programs were listed, including: Pennsylvania Education Secretary Pedro Riveria has created several working groups comprised of “a wide array of stakeholders including teachers, principals, community based...
The Northwest Evaluation Association will enter the statewide assessments market, according to an EdWeek Market Brief article, which describes that market as “more turbulent and potentially lucrative.” NWEA is known mostly for it Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) test, “an interim assessment taken by students...
House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee held a hearing on ESSA Friday morning. Board of Education and members of the teachers union spoke about changes that need to be made in the state’s education system and the plans being used to transition to the new...
Chiefs for Change released a new policy paper about leveraging ESSA funding to provide direct student services including tutoring, access to public school choice, distance learning, access to Advanced Placement classes, personalized learning, and other programs. Read more here. Education Week also covered the report...
Nine education groups including CCSSO, NEA, NGA, and NSBA sent a letter to Secretary John King asking that the DoE “refrain from defining terms and aspects” of the ESSA “that Congress gave communities the flexibility to determine.” Read the letter here.
