This hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions examines the innovative approaches states are taking in their state plans under the Every Student Succeeds Act, a law this Committee recommended and passed to fix No Child Left Behind. Following opening statements by Honorable Lamar Alexander (Chairman, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions) and Honorable Patty Murray (Ranking Member of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions), the following senators provide statements: (1) Honorable Todd Young, a U.S. Senator from the State of Indiana; (2) Honorable Michael F. Bennet, a U.S. Senator from the State of Colorado; (3) Honorable Sheldon Whitehouse, a U.S. Senator from the State of Rhode Island; (4) Honorable Christopher S. Murphy, a U.S. Senator from the State of Connecticut; (5) Honorable Tim Kaine, a U.S. Senator from the State of Virginia; (6) Honorable Robert P. Casey, Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of Pennsylvania; (7) Honorable Maggie Wood Hassan, a U.S. Senator from the State of New Hampshire; (8) Honorable Elizabeth Warren, a U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts; and (9) Honorable Bill Cassidy, M.D., a U.S. Senator from the State of Louisiana. Prepared witness statements are offered by: (1) Candice McQueen, Ph.D., Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Education, Nashville, Tennessee; (2) John White, State Superintendent of Education, Louisiana Department of Education, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; (3) Christopher Ruszkowski, Secretary of Education, New Mexico Public Education Department, Santa Fe, New Mexico; and (4) David Steiner, Ph.D., Executive Director, Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy, Annapolis, Maryland. Additional materials include: (1) Foster Care Educational Stability Overview; (2) Louisiana Foster Care Transportation Guidelines; (3) Appendix-B Graduation Rate Gaps by State; (4) Appendix-C Essa High Schools (100 or more students) with ACGR of 67 Percent or Below by State, 2014015; (5) Appendix-D Colorado Equity Dashboard; (6) Appendix-E DC Equity Dashboard; (7) Appendix-F Illinois Equity Dashboard; (8) Appendix-G Louisiana Equity Dashboard; (9) Appendix-H New Mexico Equity Dashboard; (10) Alliance for Excellent Education Statement for the Record; (11) Responses by Candice McQueen to questions of: Senator Murray and Senator Franken; (12) Responses by John White to questions of: Senator Murray and Senator Franken; (13) Responses by Christopher Ruszkowski to questions of: Senator Murray and Senator Franken; and (14) Responses by David Steiner to questions of: Senator Murray, Senator Franken, and Senator Kaine.