Ohio Delays ESSA Submission to Federal Government

Ohio Delays ESSA Submission to Federal Government

In an earlier blog, I highlighted a number of important proposals in Ohio’s plan submitted to the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) for compliance with the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The Ohio Department of Education (ODE) spent over a year gathering...
Ohio’s State Plan for ESSA

Ohio’s State Plan for ESSA

Since the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in December of 2016, the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) has been busy preparing Ohio’s draft plan which must be submitted to and approved by the U.S. Department of Education. The draft plan must...
ESSA Requires Non-Academic Accountability Measures

ESSA Requires Non-Academic Accountability Measures

The standards era in education has produced a plethora of “accountability measures” enacted by the federal government and state legislatures that have relied heavily, if not exclusively, on standardized test scores. Educators across the country have long...