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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.)

Seven former U.S. Department of Education secretaries came together recently to mark the 35th anniversary of the landmark 鈥淎 Nation at Risk鈥� report. Former ABC News White House correspondent Ann Compton served as moderator for the final panel, asking former Obama administration education secretary Arne Duncan if states 鈥渟quandered鈥� the opportunity of ESSA by submitting plans that weren鈥檛 strong on accountability, as was found in a : 鈥淚 don鈥檛 think they squandered it; I think they did exactly what they wanted to do,鈥� Duncan responded. 鈥淭hey knew what they were doing. It wasn鈥檛 an accident.鈥� to see the entire discussion (the exchange quoted above starts around聽).

Speaking of secretaries of education, Alyson Klein for Education Week that 鈥淯.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos hasn’t testified before the House or Senate education committees more than a year ago 鈥� and Democrats aren’t happy about that.鈥� Democrats 鈥渟ay they want to question DeVos’s choice to ,鈥� though 鈥�.鈥�

See below for more ESSA news.

1 California finalizes accountability plan (finally鈥�)

鈥淭wo years, a presidential election and many meetings after the California State Board of Education first started talking about how to satisfy a major federal education law, members finally agreed Thursday [April 12] to submit a final plan,鈥� Joy Resmovits in the Los Angeles Times. The vote to submit a final ESSA plan came 鈥渋n a special meeting, a month after they opted to delay,鈥� and 鈥渃ame together after months of back-and-forth with Betsy DeVos鈥檚 U.S. Department of Education.鈥� Prior to the vote, board president Mike Kirst said, “Time now is really getting urgent for us to take some action,” ading that “delaying any vote will jeopardize the flow of the money.” For the 2017鈥�18 school year, California received $8.1 billion in funding for K-12 education from federal allocations, with $2.4 billion coming via ESSA.

2 ESSA part of progress for military students.

鈥淎s we celebrate the Month of the Military Child, I am reminded of the numerous stories I have heard about the challenges the sons and daughters of our armed forces face because of one (or both) of their parent鈥檚 service,鈥� Christi Ham, chairwoman of Military Families for High Standards. Ham concludes that, during this month, there will be a lot of discussion about how much more there needs to be done. And while that鈥檚 true, 鈥渋t is also important to recognize the progress we鈥檝e made.鈥� Part of this progress, Ham notes, is the Military Student Identifier created by ESSA, which 鈥渋s designed to help states and districts understand how military-connected students are performing academically.鈥�

3 Achieve shares science assessment guidance

Dian Schaffhauser that, as states sort out their science standards, 鈥渁ll of them are expected to adhere to 鈥榟igh-quality鈥� summative science assessments that meet federal requirements鈥� as defined under Title I Part A of ESSA. 鈥渞ecently released that can be used by states to develop those grade-level tests and [help them] know that they meet federal expectations.鈥� The report says finding success requires detailed focus on three primary areas: using 鈥漣ntentional design,鈥� supporting design decisions and rationales through evidence, and reflecting more comprehensive learning goals. Additionally, the research is 鈥済rounded in three elements鈥�: an “evolving understanding of how best to assess multi-dimensional standards,” the 鈥渞esearch that lays out what all students should know and be able to do in science,鈥� and 鈥渢he lessons learned through the processes undertaken by pioneering states as they developed their 鈥榯hree-dimensional assessments.鈥� 鈥�

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