U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Releases State ESSA Primers
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s primers include individual state by state accountability system fact sheets, which detail each state’s current accountability system, what could change under...
View ArticleMD Dept. of Ed Announces 5 Stop Listening Tour for ESSA
The Maryland State Dept. of Education is launching a five-stop listening tour for ESSA. The dept. “expects to submit its plan to the Dept. of Education this summer.”
View ArticleMD Stakeholders Stress Importance of Consistency and Accountability
During a recent meeting as part of the Maryland Dept. of Education’s ESSA listening tour, stakeholders called for “consistency and ease of access to information” and “expressed interest in using...
View ArticleMD General Assembly Submits Education Accountability Bill
The Maryland Legislature submitted a bill that would allow the state’s Board of Education to “determine how schools should be rated to determine performance.” The bill would “force the state board to...
View ArticleMD Legislature Overrules Gov. Hogan’s Veto
The Maryland Legislature overruled Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto of a bill that “would limit the state’s use of charter operators and vouchers to improve low-performing schools” under the state’s ESSA plan....
View ArticleMD Board of Ed Approves 5-Start Rating System
The Maryland Board of Education approved a “five-star rating system” under the state’s ESSA plan. Cheryl Bost, vice president of the Maryland State Education Association, commented this plan “will set...
View ArticleMaryland State Board Approves ESSA Plan, Submits to Gov. for Review
The Maryland State Board of Education has approved its plan. The plan now goes to Gov. Hogan for approval before submission to the U.S. Dept. of Education.
View ArticleMD Gov. Voices His Opinion Concerning State’s ESSA Plan
In letters sent this week to U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Maryland State Board of Education President Andy Smarick, Governor Larry Hogan “wrote that he believes” the state’s ESSA plan “will...
View ArticleState Plan Submissions and Drafts
Approved State Plans Arizona: Final Plan Approved (9/6/17) Connecticut: Final Plan Approved (8/15/17) Delaware: Final Plan Approved (8/2/17) District of Columbia: Final Plan Approved (8/28/17)...
View ArticleMaryland’s Plan “Needs Work”
Maryland was the first second-round state to receive feedback on their ESSA plan. The U.S. Dept. of Education has asked the state to “rethink” its “student achievement goals, calculating academic...
View ArticleMaryland Parents Getting a New Kind of Report Card this Fall
WBAL Radio reports that Maryland parents will soon be able to find out how their children’s school ranks statewide, as well as what each school is doing to improve its performance. This change, which...
View ArticleAbsenteeism Big Factor in Maryland’s ESSA Plan
Absenteeism is “front and center” in Maryland’s ESSA plan, Emma Kerr reports for the Frederick News Post. She notes that “15 percent of an elementary, middle, and high school’s overall accountability...
View ArticleMaryland releases first public school star rankings
“Last week Maryland released the results of its first-ever report card grading system for state schools,” WBAL Baltimore reports. The system uses a 5-star rating system, with rankings “based on...
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