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This update on the Every Student Succeeds Act and the education plans now being refined by state legislatures is produced in partnership with ESSA Essentials, a new series from the Collaborative for Student Success. It鈥檚 an offshoot of their聽聽newsletter, which you can聽! (See our recent ESSA updates聽from previous weeks right here.)

Alabama Today that the Alabama State Department of Education plans to seek an ESSA waiver from U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos that would allow the state to administer the Alabama Alternate Assessment instead of the state鈥檚 standard evaluation to students with cognitive disabilities. The Alabama Alternate Assessment is a paper-based, multiple-choice exam that tests students with 鈥渟ignificant cognitive disabilities working on the Alabama Extended Standards.鈥� It assesses reading and mathematics for those in grades three through eight, as well as grade 10, and science for those in grades five, seven, and 10.

. plans to seek waivers to allow students with cognitive disabilities to take the Alabama Alternate Assessment: via

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In other state news, Niki Kelly 聽for the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette that Indiana schools are set to get two grades starting this coming school year. One report card will be under the state鈥檚 existing accountability statutes, while the other will be under the state鈥檚 ESSA plan. The formulas upon which both of these report cards are based are different, so it is possible that the same schools could get two differing grades.

In Massachusetts, the聽叠辞蝉迟辞苍听骋濒辞产别鈥檚聽editorial board 聽that this year鈥檚 proposed budget in the state Senate 鈥渦nderfunds the MCAS, the exam that tests Bay State students鈥� subject matter mastery.鈥� A cut as large as proposed in the Senate 鈥渨ould have serious effects on the MCAS program,鈥� they conclude, noting that while some may 鈥渙bject to the level of testing in the schools,鈥� the state 鈥渃an鈥檛 substantially reduce its testing program without running afoul鈥� of ESSA.

From : The state Senate must fully fund the MCAS.

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More ESSA news:

1 Can districts choose SAT or ACT for accountability?

As part of Education Week鈥�s ongoing series answering reader questions about ESSA, Alyson Klein to the following query from an anonymous reader: 鈥淒o districts need state permission to take advantage of new ESSA flexibility to substitute a nationally recognized, college-entrance exam (like the SAT or ACT) instead of the state test for high school accountability purposes?鈥� The short answer is: 鈥淵up.鈥� More specifically, ESSA 鈥渄oes indeed allow districts to use a college-entrance test instead of the state test for high school accountability.鈥� However, the state in question has to approve of such a move 鈥� districts 鈥渃an’t just do this on their own, without the state鈥檚 approval.鈥�

Does require districts to get state permission to use a college-entrance test (like SAT or ACT) instead of the state test for high school accountability?

The short answer is… , via

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2 How to measure school success

In this of the Brookings Institution鈥檚 鈥淚ntersections鈥� podcast, Lauren Bauer, a postdoctoral fellow in economic studies at Brookings, and Anne Wicks, director of education reform for the George W. Bush Institute, 鈥渆xplain how states are developing new measures of school quality and student success鈥� as required under ESSA. Bauer and Wicks also 鈥渄etail how using two specific measures 鈥� chronic absenteeism and college and career readiness 鈥� help teachers and administrators understand and improve students鈥� education.鈥�

How should schools measure student success? and share how measuring absenteeism and college and career readiness can help teachers and administrators understand and improve students鈥� education:

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3 ESSAntial resources

With ESSA starting to roll out 鈥渋n districts and schools across the country鈥� in a matter of months, New Classrooms notes that 鈥渢hankfully, a host of news outlets and education organizations have amassed a trove of resources to help stakeholders better understand the many opportunities or challenges that could arise from education鈥檚 new law of the land.鈥� To help keep track of ESSA developments, the organization has of links and summaries for ESSA toolkits, white papers, policy briefings, special reports, and more that have been produced by a range of leading think tanks, advocacy groups, and policy organizations. Check them out .

With rolling out this fall, here are some resources to help with you navigate the challenges of ESSA implementation:

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