Do School Districts Really Have Difficulty
Meeting ESSA Evidence Standards?
Robert E. Slavin
The Center for Educational Policy recently released
a report on how school districts are responding to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requirement that schools seeking school improvement grants select programs that meet ESSA's strong, moderate, or promising standards of evidence.
Education Week ran a story on the CEP report.
The report noted that many states, districts, and schools are taking the evidence requirements seriously, and are looking at websites and consulting with researchers to help them identify programs that meet the standards. This is all to the good.
However, the report also notes continuing problems districts and schools are having finding out "what works."
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