“But in practice, it often fell short”. In a news conference Coe said the state is prepared for the new federal law. “It looks as though they’ve put that into the base bill, if you will, the base authorization”.
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“There was a time I think when upward mobility was the hallmark of America”. But one key feature remains: Students will still take federally required statewide reading and math exams.
There was not only a consensus that the law needed fixing, but also about how to fix it: Keep the important measurements of student achievement, disaggregate and report the results of those tests, but restore to states, school districts and teachers the decisions on what to do about the results.
“The signing of the Every Student Succeeds Act is a call to action for every parent, community member and civil rights organization across the country to demand accountability from their state legislators, governors, school boards and superintendents”, she said. Obama held it up as an “example of how bipartisanship should work”, noting that opposing sides had compromised to reach a deal.
This, she says, is achieved best through the student engagement that comes from a respectable arts program.
There’s a lot of work to be done. The Associations Now editorial staff is not involved in creating this content. There are some new charter schools that are doing a great job, there are still some public schools that are succeeding, but overall the situation is fairly bleak wherever poverty is concentrated.
Don’t start applauding yet, kids.
ME receives more than $70 million in federal funding for education, including pockets of money for low-income, neglected and delinquent children, improving teacher quality, helping students who speak English as a second language and competitive 21st century education grants.
The group, which represents the nation’s Catholic schools, said it will provide dioceses and schools with information in the upcoming months about how to obtain benefits from the new law.
The college and career-ready curriculum guidelines were created by the states but became a flashpoint for those critical of Washington’s influence in schools.
Already, some states have begun backing away from Common Core.
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) School leaders and teachers who have argued that test scores alone shouldn’t make or break a school are hopeful the new federal education law will offer a truer picture of success.
It will also eliminate “unnecessary standardized tests” so teachers and schools can be evaluated on student learning.
And really, it makes sense to have a nationwide assessment tool, so useful comparisons can be made across schools, districts and state lines. Testing will be one factor considered, but graduation rates and education atmosphere could also be factored in.
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Archbishop George J. Lucas of Omaha, Nebraska, committee chairman, said the act demonstrates “broad bipartisan agreement on restoring equitable treatment of private schools and ensuring that all children are afforded the education services, benefits, and opportunities they deserve, regardless of the type of school they attend”. Now that the ESSA has been signed into law, states will have more power than ever before to set their own guidelines and rating systems for our schools, protecting our students from harmful mandates and allowing local governments to shape school systems to fit their communities. With almost all schools failing the absurd requirement to have students 100 percent proficient, these past few years have seen massive state waivers.
