Every Student Succeeds Act Resources

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is a federal law that was signed into law in 2015 to ensure that all public school students receive a quality education. The law replaced No Child Left Behind and gives states a central role in how schools measure student achievement. ESSA aims to advance equity by supporting disadvantaged and high-need students, and requires states to establish long-term goals for all students and subgroups based on academic achievement and graduation rates. The law also requires states to:

• Provide annual statewide assessments to measure student progress
• Inform parents about standards and results
• Include data on report cards such as graduation rates, suspensions, absenteeism, and teacher qualifications
• Engage families and community members in identifying challenges and developing solutions
• Establish a National Center on Improving Literacy and reading issues as a resource for parents and teachers
• Notify parents if a specific population group or school is struggling to meet standards

ESSA Highlights

ESSA includes provisions that will help to ensure success for students and schools. Below are just a few.

The law:

• Advances equity by upholding critical protections for America’s disadvantaged and high-need students.
• Requires—for the first time—that all students in America be taught to high academic standards that will prepare them to succeed in college and careers.
• Ensures that vital information is provided to educators, families, students, and communities through annual statewide assessments that measure students’ progress toward those high standards.
• Helps to support and grow local innovations—including evidence-based and place-based interventions developed by local leaders and educators.
• Sustains and expands this administration’s historic investments in increasing access to high-quality preschool.
• Maintains an expectation that there will be accountability and action to effect positive change in our lowest-performing schools, where groups of students are not making progress, and where graduation rates are low over extended periods of time.

New Mexico Public Education Department Resources:

ESSA

https://webnew.ped.state.nm.us/bureaus/essa/#:~:text=Under%20ESSA%2C%20districts%20and%20schools,shown%20to%20improve%20student%20outcomes.

ESSA Resources

https://webnew.ped.state.nm.us/bureaus/essa/essa-resources/

U.S. Department of Education

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

https://www.ed.gov/essa?src=rn

Additional Resource Links:

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES

https://nces.ed.gov/

Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)

https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/