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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.)

Recently, the U.S. Department of Education the release of important information regarding 鈥渉ow local education leaders can make sure parents and caregivers have accurate and accessible information on how schools are performing in their state.鈥�

This guide 鈥� Opportunities and Responsibilities for State and Local Report Cards 鈥� is 鈥渁imed at assisting education leaders with the design and implementation of state and school district report cards as required by the Every Student Succeeds Act鈥� and 鈥渇ollows the release of a special聽Parent Guide to State and Local Report Cards聽issued by the Department of Education in 2018.鈥�

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

States worrying about ESSA financial review of lagging districts聽

In this , Daarel Burnette II takes a look at how ESSA 鈥渆nshrines鈥� the idea that to budget effectively, you need to know how you spend your money. For the first time, federal law requires each state to 鈥渃onduct a top-to-bottom review of how its worst-performing districts deploy their money, staff, and time to support school improvement.鈥�

This is a 鈥渘od鈥� to the increasing evidence that district spending choices can significantly impact outcomes, as well as a recognition on the district level that both spending and staffing are 鈥渋ncohesive鈥� and not necessarily aligned with their goals.

However, there is 鈥渨idespread confusion and angst among state officials about how to conduct what ESSA calls resource-allocation reviews, according to those who work with state education agencies.鈥�

$123 million in new federal innovation and research grants

The Education Department recently 鈥�$123 million in new grant awards to 41 school districts, nonprofit organizations and state educational agencies across the United States as part of the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program.鈥�

EIR grants 鈥� authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (as amended by ESSA) 鈥� provide 鈥渇unding to create, implement, or take to scale an evidence-based innovation to improve academic achievement for high-need students, and for a rigorous evaluation so that others may learn from its results.鈥�

When summative and formative markets collide聽

鈥淲hat happens when the $1.3 billion state summative assessment market begins to merge with the growing $1.6 billion market for formative assessments?鈥� 聽David DeSchryver in EdSurge. 鈥淚nvestors and the education community are closely watching emerging models and how they could shape the markets for related instructional and intervention materials.鈥�

DeSchryver says that a 鈥渃ritical indicator鈥� is the approach being taken by a few states: Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina and New Hampshire. These states are attempting to develop new assessment models under ESSA鈥檚 Innovative Assessment Demonstration Authority.

Is ESSA 鈥榬eform without repair鈥�?

The Every Student Succeeds Act 鈥渨as designed to remedy the wrongs鈥� of NCLB, Andrew Saultz, Jack Schneider and Karalyn McGovern in the聽Phi Delta Kappan. But the law, they say, has failed to match its promise.

The trio argue that this is because the U.S. Department of Education is 鈥渢rapped in a bind鈥� 鈥� faced 鈥渨ith a choice between yielding essential authority and wielding too much [federal] control, it has opted for neither.鈥� Instead, it has 鈥減erformed a playact of 鈥榝ixing the system鈥� 鈥� a delay tactic that constitutes a response but not a resolution.鈥�

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