The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was passed in December 2015 with bipartisan congressional support. It replaced the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2002 and reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965. Despite some key changes in the law, the purpose remains the same: to ensure all students have equitable access to high-quality educational resources and opportunities, and to close educational achievement gaps. Annually, the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) issues Accountability Profiles which enable schools and districts to review their progress toward achieving the intent of the law. School and district data for specific indicators are compared to annual targets and standards and reported by student group to identify gaps. With the implementation of the ESSA, these Accountability Profiles have been modified to provide additional data for schools and districts to analyze student performance and progress and to meet ESSA accountability requirements. The purpose of this document is to describe the accountability requirements and the data included in the Accountability Profiles to enable schools and districts to: 1) review the data for accuracy; and 2) begin to identify areas of need for planning. Accountability Requirements under ESSA ESSA requires states to use a set of indicators to measure the performance of all schools for the purposes of identifying schools in need of support and improvement. These indicators were revised with the implementation of the ESSA. The chart below shows the indicators required under the current law. Uses of ESSA Accountability Profiles Data Under ESSA New Jersey is required to use the data contained in the Accountability Profiles to identify schools in need of support or improvement. Categories and associated calculations and supports have changed from the prior system under NCLB (Priority and Focus Schools) to Schools in Need of Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI) and Schools in Need of Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI) as shown below: The data provided in the Accountability Profiles will be used to calculate summative scores for each school to identify those school in need of comprehensive or targeted support. Additional information regarding the calculation of the summative score may be found in the New Jersey ESSA Plan. Indicators Included in New Jersey’s ESEA Accountability System
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was passed in December 2015 with bipartisan congressional support. It replaced the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2002 and reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965. Despite some key changes in the law, the purpose remains the same: to ensure all students have equitable access to high-quality educational resources and opportunities, and to close educational achievement gaps. Annually, the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) issues Accountability Profiles which enable schools and districts to review their progress toward achieving the intent of the law. School and district data for specific indicators are compared to annual targets and standards and reported by student group to identify gaps. With the implementation of the ESSA, these Accountability Profiles have been modified to provide additional data for schools and districts to analyze student performance and progress and to meet ESSA accountability requirements. The purpose of this document is to describe the accountability requirements and the data included in the Accountability Profiles to enable schools and districts to: 1) review the data for accuracy; and 2) begin to identify areas of need for planning. Accountability Requirements under ESSA ESSA requires states to use a set of indicators to measure the performance of all schools for the purposes of identifying schools in need of support and improvement. These indicators were revised with the implementation of the ESSA. The chart below shows the indicators required under the current law. Uses of ESSA Accountability Profiles Data Under ESSA New Jersey is required to use the data contained in the Accountability Profiles to identify schools in need of support or improvement. Categories and associated calculations and supports have changed from the prior system under NCLB (Priority and Focus Schools) to Schools in Need of Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI) and Schools in Need of Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI) as shown below: The data provided in the Accountability Profiles will be used to calculate summative scores for each school to identify those school in need of comprehensive or targeted support. Additional information regarding the calculation of the summative score may be found in the New Jersey ESSA Plan. Indicators Included in New Jersey’s ESEA Accountability System
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