ESSA Information
What is ESSA?
ESSA stands for Every Student Succeeds Act which was previously referred to as No Child Left Behind and then Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). It was signed into law on December 10, 2015 by President Obama. This is a new law that made many changes to key programs. ESSA requires every state to measure performance in reading, math and science.
ESSA is broken up into sections called Titles. Each Title has a specific focus. The Titles below apply to all local education agencies.
Title I - Improving The Academic Achievement Of The Disadvantaged
Title II - Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High-quality Teachers, Principals, and Other School Leaders
Title III - Language Instruction For English Learners and Immigrant Students
Title IV - Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grant and 21st Century Schools
Title V - Flexibility and Accountability
Title VIII - General Provisions
ESSA requires states to:
1. Have challenging academic standards.
2. Test all students in grades 3-8 in mathematics and English language arts and once in high school and use those results in the federal accountability system.
3. Test students once in Elementary, middle, and high school in science.
4. Identify the lowest performing schools and the schools with low-performing subgroups of students
5. Approve school improvement plans for the lowest performing schools.
6. Disaggregate student performance data by subgroups.
7. Provide supports to students who are English learners: migratory; homeless; and delinquent, neglected, or at-risk.
8. Report school-level financial data.
9. Look at the distribution of teachers in front of different student populations.
10. Submit a state plan identifying state goals and a timeline for improving education.
This information and more can be found at https://dpi.wi.gov/esea
ESSA LEA Plan
ESSA Report Card
The district State and Federal Report cards can be found on the district website under District; Report Card.
WISEdash Information
WISEdash: Wisconsin Information System for Eduaction Data Dashboard.
WISEdash is a data portal that uses "dashboards," or visual collections of graphs and tables, to provide multi-year education data about Wisconsin schools. Current and Certified data can be displayed on both platforms for multiple years and it can be grouped and flitered by a variety of demographics including grade level, gender, race/ethnicity, economic status, disability, English proficiency, and migrant status.
WISEdash Public Portal
To navigate on the left side of the page select Dashboards and a window will open with all your options. Select the area you would like data on. From there, at the top is where you can narrow down your selections to see specific data for specific categories.
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