ESEA IMPLEMENTATION CONSIDERATIONSEsea Implementation Considerations • December 15th, 2015
Contract Type FiledDecember 15th, 2015Topic: ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM Description of the issue Provisions regarding the systems that states must have in place for establishing school performance objectives, measuring the progress of schools against thoseobjectives and taking action with respect to schools that do not make an acceptable level of progress. S.1177 Every Student Succeeds Act The agreement replaces ESEA’s current adequate yearly progress system with a State-defined system with certain federally-required components. Goals – Under this system, States establish “ambitious State-designed long term goals” with measurements of interim progress for all students and subgroups of students on: Academic achievement on State assessments. Graduation rates. English language proficiency for English learners (EL). State System – The State-defined system includes the following indicators (measured for all students and subgroups, except for the EL proficiency indicator): Academic Indicatorso Academic achievement based on the