Title: 
Headings: ESSA and Accountability Frequently Asked Questions
ESSA
 
and
 
Accountability
Frequently
 
Asked
 
Questions


 
What
 
happened
 
to
 
“adequate
 
yearly
 
progress”
 
(AYP)?

2.
 
What
 
are
 
the
 
new
 
criteria
 
by
 
which
 
schools
 
will
 
be
 
measured?
 

3.
 
How
 
do
 
states
 
identify
 
schools
 
in
 
need
 
of
 
improvement?
 

4.
 
What
 
happens
 
in
 
schools
 
identified
 
as
 
in
 
need
 
of
 
improvement?

5.
 
How
 
will
 
states
 
weight
 
the
 
different
 
indicators
 
in
 
their
 
accountability
 
systems?

6.
 
What
 
is
 
the
 
nonacademic
 
indicator
 
that
 
states
 
must
 
use?
 
And
 
can
 
they
 
elect
 
to
 
include
 
more
 
than
 
one?

7.
 
Are
 
schools
 
and
 
districts
 
still
 
required
 
to
 
disaggregate
 
student
 
subgroup
 
data?
 
Are
 
the
 
subgroups
 
the
 
same?

8.
 
Are
 
all
 
students
 
required
 
to
 
be
 
tested
 
for
 
accountability
 
purposes?
 

9.
 
Will
 
states
 
continue
 
to
 
make
 
data
 
public
 
through
 
annual
 
report
 
cards?


Content: ESSA
 
affirms
 
states’
 
authority
 
over
 
the
 
policies
 
governing
 
parents
 
“opting”
 
their
 
children
 
out
 
of
 
state
 
standardized
 
tests,
 
but
 
it
 
maintains
 
the
 
requirement
 
that
 
95
 
percent
 
of
 
children
 
in
 
each
 
school,
 
as
 
well
 
as
 
95
 
percent
 
of
 
students
 
in
 
each
 
subgroup,
 
be
 
tested. The
 
big
 
change
 
from
 
NCLB
 
is
 
that
 
schools
 
will
 
not
 
be
 
subject
 
to
 
federally
 
prescribed
 
corrective
 
action
 
if
 
they
 
fail
 
to
 
meet
 
the
 
95
 
percent
 
participation
 
rate. Instead,
 
states
 
will
 
establish
 
their
 
own
 
consequences
 
for
 
schools
 
that
 
fail
 
to
 
meet
 
this
 
requirement. 9. Will
 
states
 
continue
 
to
 
make
 
data
 
public
 
through
 
annual
 
report
 
cards? Yes,
 
states
 
must
 
still
 
issue
 
annual
 
report
 
cards
 
that
 
include
 
the
 
following: A
 
detailed
 
description
 
of
 
the
 
state’s
 
accountability
 
system


 
Schools
 
identified
 
by
 
the
 
state
 
as
 
being
 
in
 
need
 
of
 
support
 
and
 
improvement


 
Student
 
test
 
results
 
disaggregated
 
by
 
subgroup


 
Student
 
participation
 
rates
 
in
 
assessments
 


 
Student
 
performance
 
on
 
other
 
academic
 
indicators


 
Performance
 
on
 
the
 
statewide
 
non-academic
 
indicator


 
Graduation
 
rates
 
and
 
postsecondary
 
enrollment


 
English
 
language
 
learner
 
proficiency
 
rates


 
Per-pupil
 
expenditures
 
of
 
federal,
 
state,
 
and
 
local
 
funds,
 
including
 
actual
 
personnel
 
costs


 
Results
 
from
 
the
 
National
 
Assessment
 
of
 
Educational
 
Progress


 
Teacher
 
qualifications,
 
including
 
those
 
with
 
emergency
 
or
 
provisional
 
status


 
The
 
number
 
and
 
percentages
 
of
 
students
 
taking
 
alternative
 
assessments
 


 
Data
 
collected
 
pursuant
 
to
 
the
 
Civil
 
Rights
 
Data
 
Collection
 
survey

States
 
may,
 
of
 
course,
 
collect
 
or
 
include
 
any
 
other
 
information
 
that
 
they
 
choose.