State plans for implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act don't do enough to make sure schools are held accountable for the performance of historically disadvantaged groups of students, the advocacy group says.
Alabama, Alaska, Kansas, Montana, North Carolina, South Dakota, and Wyoming are the latest states to receive feedback on their plans for implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act.
Both states and Puerto Rico have some work to do to improve their plans for implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act, according to the U.S. Department of Education.
U.S. Secretary Betsy DeVos and her team will be taking a second look at regulations for the part of the Every Student Succeeds Act that deals with accountability, testing, standards, and more.
Maryland's plan to implement the Every Student Succeeds Act needs improvement when it comes to identifying low-performing schools, setting goals, and more, the U.S. Department of Education says.
Nearly every state included some sort of strategy to beef up career readiness in its plan to implement the Every Student Succeeds Act, according to
States fell short on setting goals, figuring how to fix struggling schools, and making school ratings systems understandable to parents, a Bellwether Education Partners analysis concluded.
DeVos' approval of her home state's plan for the Every Student Succeeds Act was a long time coming.
This isn't the first time Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has taken heat from Democrats for how she's handled the Every Student Succeeds Act.
So far, six states have ditched teacher evaluations that rely on student test scores. But even more may decide to change their performance reviews after the 2018 election.
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