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This update on the Every Student Succeeds Act and the education plans now being refined by state legislatures is produced in partnership with ESSA Essentials, a new 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.)

Seventeen states received good news from the U.S. Department of Education this week: an extension on the deadline for their updated ESSA plans. Those states are Alabama, Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Virginia.

鈥淔or those keeping score at home, that鈥檚 every state that hasn鈥檛 yet gotten a thumbs-up from the department on its plan,鈥� Education Week鈥檚 Daarel Burnette and Alyson Klein. 鈥淭he feds have given every single state feedback on its ESSA approach,鈥� they noted. 鈥淪ome states have been approved even if they didn鈥檛 take all of the department鈥檚 suggestions to heart.鈥�

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And people are taking notice. Even though the Education Department has approved more than half of the state accountability plans, Education Week鈥檚 Alyson Klein that two Democratic 鈥淓SSA architects鈥� say Education Secretary DeVos 鈥�.鈥�

But DeVos . 鈥淚鈥檝e said frequently, and I鈥檒l say it again, I鈥檓 only approving plans that comport with the law. And I鈥檓 encouraging anyone who鈥檚 been critical of me and/or the department on approval of plans 鈥� that they in some way don鈥檛 follow the law 鈥� I want to know where that鈥檚 falling short and where is that exactly the case. And I haven鈥檛 really had any specific examples brought to our attention yet.鈥�

See more ESSA news below.

1 Atkinson and Chu: ESSA success up to everyone

Former North Carolina superintendent of public instruction June Atkinson and former Florida and Indiana senior education official Dale Chu have been watching the development and implementation of ESSA in the states, and they there is 鈥渘o point in sugarcoating鈥� ESSA鈥檚 鈥渞ocky start.鈥� In this timely Education Week op-ed, Atkinson and Chu say that 鈥渙ne of us [Chu] as part of an independent peer review鈥� [the Collaborative for Student Success and Bellwether Education Partners鈥� initiative] that identifies both the good and the bad of these plans.

Among the bad: too many states 鈥渇ailed to provide details about how their systems would address the performance of students, especially those that are too often marginalized by society.鈥� States 鈥渃an and must do better,鈥� they write, 鈥渂ut they can鈥檛 do it alone.鈥�

2 Promising practices from states on equity

At an event last week, the Council of Chief State School Officers, the Aspen Institute Education & Society Program, and America鈥檚 Promise Alliance released a new report 鈥渟howing promising practices in states to ensure educational equity for all students.鈥�

The report, 鈥�, 鈥減rovides a brief overview of practices and policies states are currently engaging in to provide a stronger education for students鈥� and 鈥渋s intended to show positive examples of state action toward each of the 10 equity commitments as a milestone on this journey to share the progress states have made and recognize the difficult work remaining.鈥�

A video of the event can be found .

This week, CCSSO announced its , which 鈥� supported by the Education Commission of the States, the National Association of State Boards of Education, and the National Conference of State Legislatures 鈥� 鈥渟potlights best practices and stories of progress.鈥�

3 Idaho approves its revised ESSA plan

Meanwhile, in Idaho, the State Board of Education a revised ESSA plan following the Education Department鈥檚 .鈥� Members of the Idaho State Board of Education and the state education department revised portions of Idaho鈥檚 ESSA compliance plan at a recent meeting at Boise State University and 鈥渦nanimously approved these revisions,鈥� as well as a plan to resubmit the plan to federal officials.

As we noted here a month ago, Idaho Education News 聽that the U.S. Department of Education asked the state to revise its ESSA plan with additional information and clarification to ensure it meets 鈥渁ll statutory and regulatory requirements.鈥� The feds wanted more information on the state鈥檚 proposed student satisfaction surveys, wanted more details on Idaho鈥檚 plan to provide K-8 schools with the 鈥渇lexibility to pick whether to use proficiency or growth as an indicator,鈥� and argued that the state plan鈥檚 n-size of 20 students for all students and 10 students for subgroups violates ESSA鈥檚 requirements. However, the 鈥渇eds did not flag Idaho for omitting a bottom-line, summative rating that some states included.鈥澛犅爐o see the Department鈥檚 original feedback letter.

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