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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聽聽newsletter, which you can聽! (See our recent ESSA updates聽from previous weeks right here.)

A new 聽ESSA report suggests that 鈥渨hen it comes to using evidence to improve schools, state and local leaders don鈥檛 always have to go for the most demanding option.鈥� The report includes 鈥渇ive ways to prioritize evidence in state and local spending decisions,鈥� emphasizing the importance of prioritizing evidence when making spending decisions.

However, the report suggests that educators do not need to be so rigid in applying those approaches. The report essentially provides 鈥渓ighter lift鈥� and 鈥渉eavier lift鈥� options for making evidence-based decisions, giving educators more flexibility and leeway to pursue options that work best for their districts鈥� and schools鈥� needs.

Education Week鈥檚 Evie Blad also notes that 鈥� finding and implementing evidence-based school turnaround strategies.鈥� For example, 鈥渙ne school administrator in Tennessee said he tends to trust plans he hears about from other rural K-12 leaders.鈥�

Here are the week鈥檚 other top headlines for how states are implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act:

Almost half of Louisiana schools need student improvement plans

Based on guidelines set forth by ESSA, 鈥� 44 percent 鈥� 鈥渨ill be required to develop improvement plans to submit to the state for approval and funding.鈥�

According to the state鈥檚 recently released performance scores, 鈥渁bout 16 percent of Louisiana public schools received an 鈥楢鈥� grade, 32 percent received a 鈥楤,鈥� 29 percent got a 鈥楥,鈥� 14 percent were rated a 鈥楧鈥� and 9 percent got an 鈥楩.鈥欌��

State Chief John White says that the 鈥渞elease also underscores the urgency of taking action. More than 45,000 students still attend a school rated 鈥楩.鈥� This can and must change.鈥�

Among other recommendations, education officials 鈥渃alled for expanding access to quality early childhood programs, particularly for children birth to age 3.鈥�

North Carolina schools see persistent achievement gaps despite improvement

Education officials in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools are seeing signs of improvement in achievement gaps, but there is still work to be done, according to , writing for News & Observer. According to accountability results, the district met just under a quarter of the 265 goals 鈥� 鈥渁imed at closing gaps between high- and low-performing subgroups鈥� 鈥� set under ESSA.

Among the signs of improvement, the district 鈥渄ecreased the gap between black and other students in graduation rates, as well as ACT scores.鈥� However, school board chairwoman Joal Broun was not quite so optimistic, saying there are other states that are making bigger strides with fewer resources.

Playbook gives educators path to meeting ESSA funding and finance requirements

The December 2019 ESSA deadline for 鈥渟chool districts to start breaking out school-level funding鈥� is coming up fast. As schools across the country come to terms with the financial challenges of meeting this deadline, 鈥渟treamlining and modernizing鈥� systems with 鈥渆nhanced automation will have payoffs that supersede the requirements of ESSA compliance.鈥�

A new 聽for SAP Concur by Education Dive鈥檚 Brand Studio 鈥減rovides a path forward for how schools can find immediate solutions to alleviate current pain points鈥� and focuses on transparency, limited resources, compliance, customization and ease of use, among other issues.

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