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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.)

School spending by states is the latest issue to engender criticism from the U.S. Department of Education, as Andrew Ujifusa . School spending data is mandated by ESSA and, so far, 17 states have reported it, with a lot more data to come.聽

Jim Blew, the assistant secretary for planning, evaluation, and policy development, stated at a recent event that only one or two states have done a good job of reporting school spending information, and that most states are trying to 鈥渉ide鈥� their information 鈥渟o nobody ever finds it, because if they look at it, they鈥檙e just going to be confused.鈥�

It was not clear which states the DOE believes have done a good job, but the official did indicate that the department is planning to 鈥減ut out information about how states are handling this,鈥� including the possibility of 鈥渟haming some of the really bad examples.鈥�

The Council of Chief State School Officers鈥� Carissa Moffat Miller responded in a statement that 鈥渋n addition to numerous states already reporting this data, states remain committed to 鈥榗ontinue efforts to improve the reporting so all stakeholders can make informed decisions 鈥� State education leaders are committed to transparency of school-level spending data and have dedicated a tremendous amount of effort to publish this first set of reports.鈥欌��

CCSSO also 鈥渉ighlighted states such as and that have produced good work on this front.鈥澛�

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

Education Department releases updates on equitable services for private schools聽

鈥淯.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos … to clarify existing statutory obligations of local education agencies (LEAs) to provide equitable educational services to eligible private school students, their teachers, and their families鈥� under changes made to Title I by ESSA.聽

These updates are meant to 鈥渆mphasize collaboration and consultation between public and private school officials鈥� in an effort to ensure eligible students have access to needed services.

The updates also permit religious organizations to serve as third-party contractors to provide needed equitable services.

What could ESSA鈥檚 new data-reporting mandate mean for you?

This 蹿谤辞尘听Education Week聽provides a user-friendly guide to 鈥渨hat ESSA鈥檚 new data-reporting mandate means for different players in the education community.鈥�

As opposed to focusing on 鈥減er-pupil spending,鈥� ESSA 鈥渞equires states for the first time to break out how much districts spend on each school,鈥� which advocates hope will change public perception and understanding of K-12 funding and 鈥渄rive academic- and fiscal-policy shifts at the state, federal, and local levels.鈥� However, there are (of course) a number of factors to consider, and researchers and school finance experts recommend being cautious when drawing conclusions from bottom-line, school-by-school spending figures alone.

How can schools, cities, states maximize their school funds?聽

As part of the same , education experts talked about how America鈥檚 education system could improve results by getting 鈥渕ore bang for the buck through the use of technology, or in special education, or in districts with declining enrollment.鈥澛�

The final panel included the aforementioned Jim Blew, who 鈥渄iscussed how choice should also be a discussion point in getting more value for the educational dollar.鈥�

Another presentation of interest was one from Marguerite Roza, a Georgetown University professor who used the 鈥淲ould you rather?鈥� test to 鈥減air two equally costly education program options鈥� and ask participants to choose their favorite. These questions will be especially important as ESSA-mandated school data spending is released in the months ahead.

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