In the News Indiana Department of Education Celebrates Inaugural Group of Students with Certificate of Multilingual Proficiency
Assessment Guidance for student retention following participation in IREAD-3 is linked here. Please contact Kelly Connelly with questions regarding IREAD-3.
The Indiana State Board of Education approved flexibility for the mathematics accountability assessment for grade 9 students enrolled in Algebra I for the 2017-18 school year. Please click this link to view a breakdown of the change.
General Assembly Updates The Indiana General Assembly recently passed legislation requiring all school corporations to offer Ethnic Studies and Indiana Studies as a (1) semester elective course in its high school curriculum at least once every school year. For more information on next steps, please see this memo.
Four Star Schools The Department plans to release a second round of Four Star School Awards based on the calculation that was used to determine last year's winners. This adjustment will not change any of the awards announced in the first round on May 12, 2017. The list of Round 1 and Round 2 awardees will be published on May 26, 2017.
This second round of awards was prompted by feedback from the field which raised concerns about the change in award criteria and the significant reduction in the number of schools receiving this honor. The Department is committed to seeking additional feedback from schools in advance of future amendments to the Four Star School calculation process.
Every Student Succeeds Act Congress recently appropriated funds for programs under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) for FFY 2017 (SY 2017-2018). IDOE anticipates receiving preliminary allocations by the end of May for Title I, Title II, and Title III. While Title IV (new funds) received an allocation, we have not received a timeline for it. We will provide more information about this new grant in the near future. Most programs either are flatlined or have a slight increase with the exception of Title II, which received an overall 13% reduction. The IDOE is collaborating with ED to provide information and allocations to LEAs in a timely manner. Questions may be sent to Nathan Williamson.
Bond Rating Recently S&P removed the intercept program from the watch status. More information is available here.
Charter School Assistance The Indiana Department of Education has recently brought on a new liaison between the DOE and the charter school community. Please view this link to learn more.
Special Education The Office of Special Education now has a listserv for important information to be shared with Special Education Administrators and anyone else who would like to stay up-to-date. To get the weekly release and other information directly to your email, please register here.
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