蜜桃影视

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.)

The newly empowered Democratic majority in the U.S. House of Representatives is ready to provide vigorous oversight of Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and her department in the coming weeks and months,聽 for the聽New York Times. Among the initial issues targeted by Democrats will be 鈥渢he carrying out of the Every Student Succeeds Act and the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act; recommendations from the Federal Commission on School Safety led by Ms. DeVos in response to the mass school shooting last year in Parkland, FL; and the department鈥檚 role in the rebuilding of schools in Puerto Rico, in the Virgin Islands and in other areas affected by disasters.鈥�

The last time Secretary DeVos met with Chairman of the Education and Labor Committee Representative Bobby Scott of Virginia, he 鈥渃hallenged the secretary鈥檚 assertion that she was holding states accountable for achievement gaps between white and minority students as required鈥� by ESSA.

Scott also asked even more pointedly: 鈥淗ow can you assure us that you are following the law if you do not even make states calculate the performance of the different student groups we want to measure?鈥�

According to Green, DeVos 鈥渄odged the question鈥� at the time. But now that Scott has taken over the chairmanship of the House Education and Labor Committee, he 鈥渋s not taking silence or evasion for an answer.鈥� With 鈥渃ontrol of the House and Senate divided, and President Trump in charge of the executive branch, the prospects for the House Democrats鈥� legislative agenda for education may be limited, but their appetite for oversight of the Education Department appears limitless.鈥�

Check out below for more of the week鈥檚 top ESSA headlines:

New Mexico prepares to ditch A-F rating system

The New Mexico Public Education Department plans to get rid of the state鈥檚 A-F public school grading system,聽聽Dillon Mullan for the聽Santa Fe New Mexican. 鈥淯nder proposed changes to the state鈥檚 plan to comply with the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, the agency says it will replace an accountability system that identifies schools as failing with one that classifies them by the amount of state and federal support they require.鈥�

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The state is currently gathering public comment on the proposed changes 鈥� . Officials had announced a plan to submit changes to the U.S. Department of Education by last Friday, March 1.

Supplement-not-supplant 鈥� 鈥淪orry not sorry鈥�

Marguerite Roza聽聽in this Brookings analysis that 鈥溌爐he U.S. Department of Education released last month on monitoring the 鈥榮upplement-not-supplant鈥� provision [of Title I] might be perceived as the current administration issuing a big sorry not sorry to equity advocates.鈥�

According to Roza, 鈥淭hose of us who interact with districts routinely hear district leaders describe how they add extra funds for non-Title I schools precisely 鈥榖ecause they don鈥檛 get Title I.鈥� That鈥檚 a clear violation of the law. Let鈥檚 hope districts can hear it.鈥�

Only 16 states tracking foster care kids under ESSA

To help address the challenges faced by students in foster care, ESSA requires states to publicly report how such students are faring on state tests and the rates at which they are graduating from high school, Kate Stringer聽. 鈥淏ut right now, only 16 states are sharing both of these data points, according to 蜜桃影视鈥檚 analysis of available report cards from every state and Washington, D.C.鈥�

Brennan McMahon Parton, director of policy and advocacy at the Data Quality Campaign, said, 鈥淚t鈥檚 unfortunate, I think, that it took a federal mandate to get states to shine a light on these students, but the good news is that now it is required.鈥� She added, however, that this information is 鈥渟till new, so states are still grappling with bringing it online, making sure that it鈥檚 quality, that it鈥檚 accurate.鈥�

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