The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Partnering for Educator Impact April 19, 2016 Donna Brown Director, Division of Federal Program Monitoring & Support Lou Fabrizio, Ph.D. Director, Division of Data, Research & Federal Policy NC Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI)

Materials 1.Brief Highlights of ESSA 2.Timeline & Potential Stakeholder Groups 3.Public Notice for Comments 4.Federal & State Comparison on Accountability 5.Key State Decisions 2

Brief Highlights 3

Funding State Entitlement Funds Title I, Part A –SIG 1003(g) no longer funded; new 7% reservation of state Title I funds for schools in need of support and improvement Title II, Part A –No immediate changes; funding formula to states changes over 4 years Title IV, Part A –New appropriation touted as a “block grant” State Discretionary Funds Direct Student Services –States may reserve up to 3% of Title I funds for Direct Student Services grants to local education agencies (LEAs) Assessment System Audits –States may seek additional funds to conduct an audit of assessment systems; not less than 20% may be used for LEA grants 4

DRAFT Timeline Identify stakeholder groups Conduct stakeholder meetings Develop draft plan Conduct stakeholder meetings Submit plan to State Board Submit plan to Governor’s Office Submit plan to USED Implement plan 5

DRAFT Stakeholder Groups Governor’s office Legislature State Board of Education Local education agencies Charter schools Indian tribes Teachers Principals Instructional support personnel Paraprofessionals Administrators Other staff Parents NC Association of School Administrators NC School Boards Association UNC General Administration NC Community College System NC Association of Educators Professional Educators of NC NC Business Committee for Education And many, many more! NC Congress of Parents and Teachers New Teacher Center Business for Educational Success and Transformation (BEST NC) Personnel Administrators of NC 6

Public Comment Sessions 7 Six locations Questions to answer: –What do you expect from our schools? –What school characteristics are most important? –How should we measure school success? –How do we ensure that all schools are successful? –How should we celebrate school success?

Key State Decisions Outreach and stakeholder consultation Messaging and communication Accountability alignment School improvement Teacher evaluation 8

Decisions for the SBE Assessments/Accountability What constitutes ambitious long-term goals and interim progress toward meeting goals? How will NC weight the performance indicators to meaningfully differentiate schools? What additional indicator(s) of school quality will NC use? How will SBE and General Assembly work toward a single system of Accountability? 9

Decisions for the SBE Assessments/Accountability Will NC administer a single summative assessment or interim assessments? Will the assessments be developed internally or externally? Will NC apply for the Innovative Assessment Pilot? 10

Further Information NCDPI’s ESSA website (check back frequently for updates): monitoring/succeeds/ monitoring/succeeds/ NCDPI’s Let’s Talk (ESSA) website (ask questions or submit comments): monitoring/succeeds/ monitoring/succeeds/ 11

Contact Information Lou Fabrizio, Ph.D. Director, Division of Data, Research & Federal Policy , or Ms. Donna Brown Director, Division of Federal Program Monitoring and Support , 12