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Vaillancourt Stobach, Kelly – Communique, 2017
The final Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) accountability regulations were issued November 2016. Draft regulations were released in the Spring 2016, and the Department of Education received comments and feedback from over 21,000 individuals and organizations. The final regulations provide specific details regarding the implementation timeline,…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Accountability, Program Implementation
Strobach, Kelly Vaillancourt – Communique, 2018
Efforts to implement the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) are well underway, as states submitted their state plans to the Department of Education in September 2017. The entire education policy and advocacy community has been combing through the state plans to get an idea of how states will tackle efforts to improve student outcomes under the new…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Policy, Federal Programs, Program Implementation
Skalski, Anastasia; Cowan, Katherine C. – Communique, 2010
Everything in educational policy reform today in some way connects to student outcomes. In an effort to help school psychologists advocate more effectively for their services, NASP created "School Psychologists: Improving Student and School Outcomes" that links NASP policy, practice, and research with student outcomes. This document is…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Educational Change, Professional Associations, Educational Policy
Thorn, Terry – Communique, 2009
This article provides information related to organizing a grassroots lobbying effort within a state association and working for the passage of a bill. This information resulted from experience working for the successful passage of the pay parity bill for nationally certified school psychologists in West Virginia during the 2008 legislative…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Lobbying, Professional Associations, Guidelines