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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.)

Education Week鈥檚 Alyson Klein that more than a dozen civil rights groups, led by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, sent a to leaders of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on April 10, 鈥渁sking them to tell [Education Secretary Betsy] DeVos to stop approving 鈥榰nlawful鈥� plans.鈥�

The letter states: 鈥淲e call on you to fulfill your role in ESSA鈥檚 implementation and to correct the Department of Education鈥檚 flawed approval of state plans that do not comply with core equity provisions of the law.鈥�

The groups say that 鈥淒eVos is greenlighting plans that allow schools to get a high rating (say, an A) even if vulnerable group of kids, like English-language learners, are struggling.鈥� They are also 鈥渦nhappy鈥� that the Department of Education has allowed several states 鈥� including Indiana, Missouri, New Mexico, and Washington 鈥� to 鈥渦se the same definition for two categories of schools 鈥� 鈥榯argeted support鈥� and 鈥榓dditional targeted support鈥� 鈥� that ESSA describes separately.鈥�

Klein also notes that this 鈥渋s far from the first time that the civil rights community 鈥� and Democratic lawmakers 鈥� have questioned DeVos鈥檚 approach to plan approval.鈥�

For example, the Alliance for Excellent Education, one of the letter signers, has 鈥減ut together a legal brief questioning whether some of the plans that DeVos has approved meet ESSA鈥檚 requirements,鈥� and the Democratic leaders of both committees have written letters to DeVos saying she is 鈥渇louting the law.鈥�

See below for more ESSA news.

1 ESSA data and making informed decisions.

Mike English for eSchool News that, with the passage of the deadline for states to submit their final ESSA plans, it鈥檚 now 鈥渦p to school districts to figure out how to capture and report data about student performance.鈥� This additional reporting may seem burdensome, but for those willing to look deep enough, there is a 鈥済reat opportunity to boost strategic聽decision-making capabilities.鈥�

This is because ESSA requires publication of 鈥渟pecific educational data sets separated by student subgroups and categories.鈥� And this provision is challenging school districts to rethink their methods for collecting, analyzing, and reporting data. English also reports that one metro Chicago-area district has 鈥渄iscovered the data needed for ESSA compliance reports also provides the administration with key insights about students鈥� and that they are using this information 鈥渢o move the needle on student performance.鈥�

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2 University president calls on Ohio voters to support accountability measures.

Writing in the , Ashland University President Carlos Campo says he is proud of the steps Ohio is taking to make sure high school graduates are college- and career-ready, including provisions in the state鈥檚 ESSA plan, in which he says education officials took the opportunity to 鈥渄esign accountability measurements which represent all student groups, including English learners.鈥�

Campo also notes that, unlike with many other states, 鈥渁n independent peer review of Ohio鈥檚 education accountability plans (published at聽) awarded our state plan the highest rating in 4 of 5 categories.鈥� Ohio鈥檚 accountability measures 鈥渨ill guide us toward improvements that result in excellent education opportunities for all students.鈥� Campo also encourages Ohio voters 鈥渢o express their support for our excellent education accountability measures so that we can hold the line on what is good.鈥�

3 Education Week publishes meta-guide to ESSA. 聽

Alyson Klein also that, up until now, ESSA has 鈥渕ostly lived in federal legalese and state plans.鈥� But that is going to change at the end of this school year when states 鈥渨ill start identifying their lowest-performing schools, using brand-new accountability systems that take into account more than just test scores.鈥�

To help readers navigate all the goings-on as states move forward with ESSA implementation, Klein provides an overview of Education Week鈥檚 new 鈥� 鈥淓SSA on the Runway鈥� 鈥� which 鈥渁nalyzes the state of ESSA implementation on the eve of the law鈥檚 operational debut鈥� and 鈥渢akes a multifaceted look at just how ready those states, districts, and schools are to bringing ESSA鈥檚 changes in for a successful landing when the law goes into full effect for the 2018鈥�19 school year.鈥�

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