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This update on the Every Student Succeeds Act and the education plans now being implemented by states and school districts is produced in partnership with ESSA Essentials, an ongoing 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.)

As reported by the , the Bureau of Indian Education recently published its Standards, Assessment and Accountability System Final Rule under the Every Student Succeeds Act. The SAAS rule will 鈥減rovide the BIE with the ability to operate under a unified assessment system intended to bolster professional development and student performance.鈥� The new rule will create a simple, clear and unified framework for assessments and accountability across the BIE-funded 鈥渆lementary schools, secondary schools and dormitories鈥� in 23 states that serve an estimated 46,000 students.

In addition to providing educators 鈥渢he ability to share research-based best practice[s],鈥� the rule also 鈥渞eaffirms the right of Tribes to use Native American languages as a medium of instruction.鈥�

BIE Director Tony L. Dearman said that 鈥渢he SAAS Rule gives BIE-funded schools the opportunity to operate under a unified system of standards, assessments and accountability.鈥� This 鈥渨ill provide educators the ability to share research-based best practice across our organization and provide timely data needed to inform and refine practices that increase academic performance for all students.鈥�

Here are the week鈥檚 other top headlines for how states are implementing and improvising under ESSA:

Texas waives accountability, testing

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has received 鈥渢o waive statewide assessment and accountability requirements鈥� under the Every Student Succeeds Act for the 2019-20 academic year. Due to the mandatory school closures in reaction to the coronavirus pandemic, 鈥渁ll districts and campuses will receive a label of 鈥�Not Rated: Declared State of Disaster.鈥欌赌�

Schools previously identified as needing support and improvement in 2019 鈥� whether comprehensive, targeted or additional 鈥� 鈥渨ill maintain that label and interventions for 2020-2021.鈥� Schools that were ordered to prepare a turnaround plan are still strongly encouraged 鈥� though not required 鈥� to implement the approved plan.

Calls for greater transparency around CARES Act education funding

In this piece published on聽, Collaborative for Student Success Executive Director Jim Cowen talks about the need for greater transparency concerning funds allocated by the recently passed Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

While flexibility for state leaders is important, Cowen argues that 鈥渢he Department of Education should require a minimal level of transparency for these funds鈥� because 鈥渇ederal policy and resources must always be a force for equity,鈥� which was the goal of the Every Student Succeeds Act. That is why 12 organizations are urging the DOE to 鈥渋nclude a few essential questions for state education agencies in their application to acquire emergency funding.鈥�

Postsecondary & college enrollment data reporting varies widely by state

Education Dive at which states are reporting college enrollment data, as well as how they are reporting it. Under ESSA, states are encouraged to report college enrollment rates as a student performance metric. According to guidance provided by the Department of Education last year, 鈥渟chool report cards should include what students are doing after high school graduation 鈥榯o the extent postsecondary enrollment data are available.鈥欌赌�

The data should be 鈥渄isaggregated by racial and ethnic subgroup鈥� as well as by whether students have a disability, are English language learners or come from low-income families. Currently, 32 states provide these data, half of which disaggregate the data by at least one subgroup.

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