ERIC Number: ED602966
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Sep
Pages: 6
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
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Balancing Act: State and District Roles in School Improvement under ESSA
Dunn, Lenay; Ambroso, Eric
Center on School Turnaround at WestEd
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), passed in 2015, signaled a major shift in the roles of states and districts in supporting school improvement. Under ESSA, state education agencies (SEAs) and local education agencies (LEAs) have more responsibility and flexibility in developing and implementing plans, informed by local context, to support the bottom 5 percent of schools, high schools with graduation rates of less than 67 percent, and schools with chronically struggling subgroups of students. The purpose of this brief from the Center on School Turnaround (CST) at WestEd is to provide examples of how states and districts are working together to improve low-performing schools under ESSA. This brief includes a description of state and district roles in school improvement based on an analysis of 23 state ESSA plans. It also provides examples, based on interviews, of how 10 states are carrying out those roles.
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, State Departments of Education, School Districts, Educational Improvement, School Turnaround, Program Implementation, Institutional Role, Change Agents, Capacity Building, Accountability, Progress Monitoring, Agency Cooperation, Educational Change
Center on School Turnaround at WestEd. 1000 G Street Suite 500, Sacramento, CA 95814. e-mail: cst_info@wested.org; Web site: http://centeronschoolturnaround.org
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Department of Education (ED)
Authoring Institution: Center on School Turnaround at WestEd
Identifiers - Location: Alabama; Colorado; Kentucky; Georgia; Louisiana
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Every Student Succeeds Act 2015
Grant or Contract Numbers: S283B120015