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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.)

Andrew Ujifusa about recently released survey data regarding ESSA Title IV-A spending, which was sponsored by the School Superintendents Association, the National Association of Federal Program Administrators, the Association of Educational Service Agencies, the Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO), Whiteboard Advisors and the Title IV-A Coalition.

鈥淭he questions in the survey covered Title IV, a block grant created by the Every Student Succeeds Act that can be used for helping students become more well-rounded, education technology, and school and student safety and well-being,鈥� writes Ujifusa. The survey finds that 鈥渨hen district leaders are given a fair amount of discretion over federal funds, one of their main responses is that they want to聽focus the money on their students’ welfare.鈥�

The groups note that 鈥淭itle IV-A provides significant, critical funding to states and schools, and provides broad guardrails to guide how those dollars are spent, creating ‘buckets’ related to well-rounded education, safe and healthy students, and the effective use of technology鈥� 鈥� and that 鈥渢he flexibility of the grant makes it a telling indicator for the varying needs and interests of schools today.”

Check out below for more recent headlines of how states are implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act:

New Mexico: The federal government allows New Mexico to remove school grades

The U.S. Department of Education聽 New Mexico鈥檚 changes to its school accountability plans under the Every Student Succeeds Act, which include doing away with school grades. Federal approval was necessary for state education officials to move forward with their planned changes.

鈥淔ollowing the PED鈥檚 initial request from early March, a U.S. Department of Education letter 鈥� dated July 2 鈥� allows the agency to forge ahead with school dashboards,鈥� , 鈥渁 new system that contains a host of information on a school ranging from academic to budgetary.鈥�

Timothy Hand, PED deputy secretary of policy, strategy and accountability, said that 鈥渢he aim is to launch the school profiles by November.鈥�

Louisiana: Improving scores, but most students still face challenges

聽New Orleans City Business, public school students in Louisiana are doing better on standardized tests, but most students are still not meeting proficiency standards, as outlined in the state鈥檚 accountability plan.

鈥淭he results released today show our students and educators are making gains year over year,鈥� said State Superintendent John White in response. 鈥淭he results also illuminate the challenges ahead, in particular the needs of struggling students who are often falling behind as math concepts get more complex or because they have not mastered the fundamentals of reading.鈥� He added: 鈥淚n its Every Student Succeeds Act plan, Louisiana outlined ambitious academic expectations to guide us through 2025,鈥� which include providing students that do not demonstrate a mastery or advanced score with 鈥渋ntensive support over the summer or throughout the year.鈥濃��

More states experimenting with innovative assessments

In Education Dive, Linda Jacobson聽聽a recent Bellwether Education Partners “State of Assessment”聽report, which 鈥渃omes as the federal government is considering applications for聽a $17.6 million competitive grant program聽that would support efforts in four to eight states related to these areas,鈥� including improving assessments for English learners and students with disabilities and improving models to measure student growth.

These models 鈥渨ould be in addition to the聽Innovative Assessment Demonstration Authority聽pilot program under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which so far includes only New Hampshire and Louisiana.鈥�

However, the report stresses that the 鈥渟low takeoff鈥� of the ESSA pilot program 鈥渄oesn鈥檛 mean other states can鈥檛 be innovative and take advantage of ESSA鈥檚 increased flexibility.鈥�

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