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To: Superintendents, Principals, Charter School Leaders, School Improvement, Federal Title Programs, Education Partner Leaders and Communicators, K-12 PIOs, Business Managers, All SSA Advisories, EL Advisory, SB13: Tribal History / Shared History, Title VI Directors, TAPP Directors
Date: March 1, 2023
RE: Request for Public Comment - Accountability & School Improvement Addendum Proposal
Dear Partners,
ODE is requesting and inviting public comment by March 31, 2023 on a select set of small proposed amendments to Oregon’s Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plan. In February 2022, Oregon invited comment and proceeded in applying for a one-year addendum to the plan, with small changes, in order to comply with the Accountability and School Improvement provisions of the law. The proposed amendments would make the changes outlined in the prior addendum permanent and would also address technical changes in the plan to support meeting federal requirements.
High-level Summary Of Select Changes:
- Sustain the revision to the Accountability section to reflect changes to student growth calculations for ELA and Math.
- Revise the accountability section to reflect changes to English Learner Progress calculations.
- Revise the accountability section to reflect adjustments to years of data used in calculations.
- Revise the definition of “inexperienced educator” to align with definitions used by the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (TSPC).
- Revise Title III monitoring cycles.
- Extend the long-term goals from 2024-25 to 2026-27.
The proposed changes to Oregon’s ESSA Plan can be viewed here and shows markup (tracked changes) as required by the federal government.
Public comment is welcomed and required ahead of ODE submitting the amended plan to the Federal Government. To submit comments by March 31, please use this survey. We encourage school leaders to share the opportunity for public comment, including educators and local community and education partners, in order to ensure a broad representation in responses. Additional details follow.
Background:
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was reauthorized as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in December of 2015. ESSA required states to develop comprehensive plans to address various aspects of the law. The law provided states more discretion with how these requirements would be met and set the expectation that state education agencies would engage and consult with Tribal and education leaders, educators and school staff, parents, families, students and communities and community partners, to inform and shape the plan.
After considerable consultation and engagement, Oregon’s plan was submitted to and approved by the U.S. Department of Education in August 2017. A confluence of factors over the last few years spurred a need to review the approved plan and make several small, technical changes to ensure compliance with the law.
ODE previously shared these changes in a meeting of Oregon’s Government-to-Government Tribal Education Cluster in keeping with an ongoing obligation to each of the nine nations in Oregon.
More information pertaining to Oregon’s Plan under the Every Student Succeeds Act can be found on ODE’s website.
Please direct any questions or comments pertaining to the amendment process to ODE.ESSA.Amendment@ode.oregon.gov.
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