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But some lawmakers aren鈥檛 so happy. Sen. Lamar Alexander, one of the main authors of the Every Student Succeeds Act, that acting assistant secretary Jason Botel 鈥渉asn鈥檛 read the law carefully.鈥� In his comments, the Tennessee Republican, himself a former education secretary, maintained his support for local control, telling Education Week that 鈥淭he heart of the entire law … was that it鈥檚 the state鈥檚 decision to set goals, to decide what 鈥榓mbitious鈥� means, to make decisions to help schools that aren鈥檛 performing well.鈥�

Ryan Reyna, a senior associate at Education Strategy Group and a recent ,聽argued that the department 鈥渟tumbled out of the gate with respect to their initial review of the Delaware, Nevada, and New Mexico ESSA state plans.鈥� Reyna noted that feedback lacked internal consistency and that this leaves states 鈥渋n the lurch.鈥�

Here are the week鈥檚 other top developments:

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Trump Ed. Dept.: High-Achieving Massachusetts Has Some ESSA Work to Do

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2. What if states want to use science assessments?

   Much of the debate over this stemmed from criticism over the way states want to integrate science tests into their accountability systems, so Education Week how states can use these other assessments under ESSA. Alyson Klein clarifies that 鈥渟tates can use science test scores to judge both kinds of schools,鈥� meaning elementary/middle schools and high schools, but 鈥渢hey need to meet certain requirements.鈥� So far, Connecticut, Delaware, Louisiana, Tennessee, and other states can do it, but they must be used as an聽鈥渋ndicator of school quality and student success, or as the second academic indicator for elementary and middle schools.鈥�

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. examined how states can use science, social studies, & the arts as accountability measures:

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3. States are missing an opportunity to address career readiness

   Advance CTE and the Education Strategy Group state ESSA plans for mentions of career readiness. And what they found was disappointing. While more than half plan to adopt measures of career readiness in their accountability systems, several states 鈥渕issed an opportunity to fully leverage ESSA to advance a statewide vision of career readiness.鈥�

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New study looks at what states are doing to build readiness into their plans:

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4. How do long-term research-practice partnerships fit into ESSA?

   ESSA asks schools, districts, and states to select 鈥渆vidence-based programs鈥� for its plans. So, the University of Colorado鈥檚 Bill Penuel and Caitlin C. Farrell 鈥渁 number of scenarios where long-term research-practice partnerships (RPPs) have helped districts select, adapt, and design evidence-based programs.鈥�

   They note that these partnerships are 鈥渓ong-term, mutually beneficial relationships between practitioners and researchers around problems of practice.鈥� Two strong examples they cite are the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research鈥檚 work with Illinois to support the implementation of a 鈥渇ifth indicator鈥� for school accountability, describing it as being 鈥渋n many ways ahead of other states,鈥� and the contribution the Tennessee Education Research Alliance has made to that state鈥檚 ESSA plan.

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An opportunity for research-practice partnerships to support districts and states

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