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Candace Cortiella posted an update in the group
ESSA-The Every Student Succeeds Act (2015 reauthorization of ESEA) – Parent Centers Taking Action 4 months, 4 weeks agoESSA Update: New Alliance for Excellent Education analysis finds that most states are shirking their responsibilities around two of the law’s most important provisions for historically underserved groups of students, including students with disabilities: twelve states do not include subgroups of students in school ratings, and sixteen states are a…[Read more]
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Candace Cortiella posted an update in the group
ESSA-The Every Student Succeeds Act (2015 reauthorization of ESEA) – Parent Centers Taking Action 5 months, 1 week agoThe Alliance for Excellent Education has created the ESSA Equity Dashboards – one-page quick-reference guides for anyone looking to determine how well a state’s plan will address the needs of its students. You can download the Equity Dashboard for your state from the webpage at https://all4ed.org/essa/essa-in-your-state/
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Candace Cortiella posted an update in the group
ESSA-The Every Student Succeeds Act (2015 reauthorization of ESEA) – Parent Centers Taking Action 5 months, 1 week agoThe Learning Policy Institute has released a new report, Making ESSA’s Equity Promise Real: State Strategies to Close the Opportunity Gap” and will conduct a webinar to highlight how districts and schools can take advantage of high-leverage equity measures in their state accountability systems to close gaps in educational opportunities and o…[Read more]
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Candace Cortiella posted an update in the group
ESSA-The Every Student Succeeds Act (2015 reauthorization of ESEA) – Parent Centers Taking Action 5 months, 1 week agoU.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions will hold a hearing on The Every Student Succeeds Act: States Leading The Way on Sept. 25th at 10 AM ET. You can watch the hearing webcast at https://www.help.senate.gov/hearings/the-every-student-succeeds-act-states-leading-the-way
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Candace Cortiella posted an update in the group
ESSA-The Every Student Succeeds Act (2015 reauthorization of ESEA) – Parent Centers Taking Action 5 months, 1 week agoSeptember 10, 2018
We’ve created a new webpage dedicated to Alternate Assessments aligned to Alternate Academic Achievement Standards for students with disabilities. The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and its Federal implementing regulations contain important changes regarding Alternate Assessments including the new cap on the number of…[Read more]
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Candace Cortiella posted an update in the group
ESSA-The Every Student Succeeds Act (2015 reauthorization of ESEA) – Parent Centers Taking Action 5 months, 3 weeks agoAugust 27, 2018
ESSA UpdatesFlorida is still awaiting USED action on its ESSA state plan.
USED denied NJ’s request to exceed 1% cap on alternate assessments in the 2017-2018 school year.
KY has put out its request for a waiver to exceed the 1% cap on alternate assessments in the 2018-2019 school year.
The 74 put out this…[Read more]
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Candace Cortiella started the topic Chronic Absenteeism: A BIG Deal in ESSA State Plans! in the forum
New Every Student Succeeds Act (2015 reauthorization of ESEA) 6 months, 2 weeks agoAugust 3, 2018
The 74 has published a new article on chronic absenteeism as it is being used by states in their ESSA accountability plans. The article is at https://www.the74million.org/article/chronic-absenteeism-36-states-essa-plans/
There is also a new resource from Future Ed: “Writing the Rules for Tackling Chronic Absenteeism” at https://ww…[Read more]
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Candace Cortiella posted an update in the group
ESSA-The Every Student Succeeds Act (2015 reauthorization of ESEA) – Parent Centers Taking Action 7 months, 1 week agoUSED approved ESSA Consolidated State Plans for California and Utah on July 12, 2018. This leaves only Florida waiting for plan approval.
Candace Cortiella
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Candace Cortiella posted an update in the group
ESSA-The Every Student Succeeds Act (2015 reauthorization of ESEA) – Parent Centers Taking Action 7 months, 3 weeks agoUSED approved the ESSA Consolidated State Plan for OKLAHOMA on July 2, 2018. This leaves 3 states awaiting approval of their state ESSA plans, which must be fully implemented in the upcoming 2018-2019 school year. Still waiting: CA, FL, UT.
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Candace Cortiella posted an update in the group
ESSA-The Every Student Succeeds Act (2015 reauthorization of ESEA) – Parent Centers Taking Action 7 months, 3 weeks agoEducation Evolving has released summarizes of the chosen School Quality/Student Success (SQ/SS) measures for each state, DC, and Puerto Rico. https://www.educationevolving.org/content/summaries-of-states-essa-sqss-measures
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Candace Cortiella posted an update in the group
ESSA-The Every Student Succeeds Act (2015 reauthorization of ESEA) – Parent Centers Taking Action 7 months, 3 weeks agoJune 28, 2018 : : Status of ESSA State Plans and Waivers to Exceed 1% Cap on Alternate Assessments
Four states are still awaiting US ED approval of their ESSA state plans: CA, FL, OK, UT.Waivers of 1% Cap:
Waivers have been approved for the following states (20): AR, DE, GA, ID, LA, KY, MA, MI, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, OH, OK, SD, TN, TX,…[Read more] -
Candace Cortiella posted an update in the group
ESSA-The Every Student Succeeds Act (2015 reauthorization of ESEA) – Parent Centers Taking Action 8 months, 1 week agoThe Education Trust has unveiled a new tool to look up key education facts by state – Education Watch at https://edtrust.org/state_report/. You can look up data for students with disabilities on NAEP, chronic absenteeism, suspensions, graduation rate and more. Check it out.
Candace Cortiella
The Advocacy Institute -
Candace Cortiella started the topic Ed Week article on 1% Cap Waivers in the forum
New Every Student Succeeds Act (2015 reauthorization of ESEA) 8 months, 1 week agoJune 14, 2018
Education Week has published an article regarding waivers that have been granted to several states to exceed the 1% cap on alternate assessments in the 2017-18 school year. The article covers some concerns raised by advocates regarding the process both in states and at USED.
The article is at https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018…[Read more]
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Candace Cortiella started the topic Graduation Rate Gaps by State in the forum
New Every Student Succeeds Act (2015 reauthorization of ESEA) 8 months, 1 week agoThe 2018 Building a Grad Nation report was just released. It is available at http://gradnation.americaspromise.org/2018-building-grad-nation-report
The report provides the Four Year Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) GAP between students with disabilities and non-SWDs by state-by-state. State gaps range from a high of 52.7 percentage points…[Read more]
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Candace Cortiella started the topic New Briefs on ELP in ESSA Plans in the forum
New Every Student Succeeds Act (2015 reauthorization of ESEA) 8 months, 2 weeks agoAchieve and UnidosUS (formerly NCLR) have released a set of briefs examining how states are defining and measuring English Language Proficiency (ELP) standards and including ELP indicators in their accountability systems required by ESSA. Both briefs also offer a set of recommendations for states to consider as they begin to implement their ESSA…[Read more]
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Candace Cortiella started the topic ESSA's Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants in the forum
New Every Student Succeeds Act (2015 reauthorization of ESEA) 8 months, 2 weeks agoThis Ed Week article provides an overview of ESSA’s Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants program which got a BIG boost in the FY18 spending bill which will result in MANY more districts getting funds under this program.
Read it at https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/06/06/whats-in-essas-big-flexible-spending-pot.html or see the…[Read more]
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Candace Cortiella posted an update in the group
ESSA-The Every Student Succeeds Act (2015 reauthorization of ESEA) – Parent Centers Taking Action 8 months, 2 weeks agoJune 5, 2018
The US Dept. of ED today approved ESSA consolidated state plans for the states of Nebraska and North Carolina. Both of these states will use very large minimum subgroup sizes (N-size) (30 in NC, 25 in NE) which will result in large numbers of students with disabilities being excluded from the state accountability system.…[Read more]
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Candace Cortiella posted an update in the group
ESSA-The Every Student Succeeds Act (2015 reauthorization of ESEA) – Parent Centers Taking Action 8 months, 3 weeks agoMay 31, 2018
The Education Commission of the States has released an updated 50-State Comparison of States’ School Accountability Systems. Check it out at https://www.ecs.org/50-state-comparison-states-school-accountability-systems/
Candace Cortiella
The Advocacy Institute -
Candace Cortiella posted an update in the group
ESSA-The Every Student Succeeds Act (2015 reauthorization of ESEA) – Parent Centers Taking Action 9 months agoMay 22, 2018
Interesting article from The 74 on the 6 states still waiting for USED approval of their ESSA consolidated state plans (California, Florida, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Utah) at…[Read more]
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Candace Cortiella posted an update in the group
ESSA-The Every Student Succeeds Act (2015 reauthorization of ESEA) – Parent Centers Taking Action 9 months agoMay 22, 2018
New ESSA Fact Sheet on State and Local Report Cards has information the What, When, and How of the state and local report cards required by ESSA. Get it at http://www.parentcenterhub.org/report-cards-essa-fact-sheet/
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