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

Alyson Klein聽聽in聽Education Week聽that Georgia, which has announced its intention to apply for ESSA鈥檚 Innovative Assessment pilot, is taking a bit of a different approach by running 鈥渋ts own miniature innovative assessment competition,鈥� which 鈥渆nded up giving three consortia of districts the green light to work on new 鈥榝ormative鈥� assessments.鈥�

For all three groups, these assessments will be brought together for an annual 鈥渟ummative鈥� score, with the larger goal of giving educators a real-time picture of how students are doing.

If GA gets approved, that would leave four more state spots for the innovative assessment pilot. Any guesses on who might be next?

鈥� Lillian Pace (@lillianpace)

In other Innovative Assessment pilot news, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos recently announced that New Hampshire will be just the second state to officially participate in the program, EIN News聽.

鈥淚鈥檓 thrilled to see Commissioner [Frank] Edelblut step up to the plate and utilize this important new flexibility afforded by ESSA,鈥� DeVos said. 鈥淭his pilot program gives states the opportunity to make assessments more relevant to classroom learning while still providing important information about student achievement and growth.鈥�

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鈥� iNACOL (@nacol)

New Hampshire鈥檚 Performance Assessment of Competency Education (PACE) is 鈥済rounded in a competency-based educational approach designed to ensure that all students have meaningful opportunities to achieve critical knowledge and skills.鈥� Additionally, PACE 鈥渨ill use local assessments as part of the annual determination of student proficiency for accountability.鈥�

Check out below for more ESSA news.

1 DeVos sends ESSA letter & guidebook to parents

DeVos also聽recently 鈥渦nveiled鈥� an ESSA聽 鈥� “Understanding the Every Student Succeeds Act: A Parents鈥� Guide to the Nation鈥檚 Landmark Education Law鈥� 鈥� that aims to help parents 鈥渦nderstand the flexibility provided to States and school districts鈥� under ESSA, reports Jessica Campisi in聽. The guidebook shares how ESSA鈥檚 flexibility gives parents an opportunity to influence how states approach education, with the ultimate goal of empowering parents 鈥渨ith information that will help you advocate for better education for your child and every child in your State and district and help you make the right choices for your family.鈥�

Rather than a 500-page legal document, the letter makes it easier for parents to be advocates for their children and to understand decisions made at all levels, said

鈥� Education Dive: K12 (@EdDiveK12)

2 Report: state plans missed opportunity for special ed

Recently, the National Center for Learning Disabilities took a look at each state’s ESSA plan and developed an analysis 鈥� 鈥� of 鈥渉ow state plans are including and serving students with disabilities under the Every Student Succeeds Act.鈥� Generally, the organization is less than pleased with how states are approaching this important issue. Working with guidance from an Expert Advisory Council, the center 鈥渆xamined the 15 most critical components of effectively supporting students with disabilities in the ESSA plan for each state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico and developed a rating system for each of the three key areas.鈥�

Check out this article on our new report “Assessing ESSA: Missed Opportunities for Students with Disabilities”!!!

鈥� Lindsay Jones (@LD_Advocate)

3 Will ESSA let low-grad rate high schools fall through the cracks?

A recent study from Civic Enterprises and the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University shines a much-needed light on high schools that have 鈥済ood enough graduation rates to avoid federally mandated intervention, but are able to produce those rates because so many struggling students leave,鈥澛燛ducation Week鈥檚聽Catherine Gewertz .聽While ESSA鈥檚 provisions 鈥渨ill catch many of the problem schools,鈥� the study finds that states 鈥渙verlook nearly 500 schools where students are nearly as likely to leave as to graduate,鈥� because ESSA only 鈥渞equires intervention in schools when their graduation rates fall below 67 percent.鈥�

ESSA doesn’t require improvements in hundreds of high schools with low graduation rates because it overlooks a key thing: “promoting power.”

鈥� Catherine Gewertz (@cgewertz)

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