ED Approves Wisconsin ESSA Addendum

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to identify the lowest-performing schools and student groups for support and improvement with the next round of identifications in fall 2022. Due to COVID-19 disruptions, DPI submitted, and the U.S. Department of Education recently approved an addendum to the WI ESSA Plan. In general, ESSA identifications in fall 2022 will use a single year of data from each of the five indicators (academic achievement, student growth, graduation, English Learner proficiency progress, and absenteeism). Please note that identifications in future years will return to using up to three years of data for all indicators except graduation, as described in Wisconsin’s original ESSA plan. The addendum also clarified ESSA accountability timelines.

For further information, please see the Office of Educational Accountability webpage or contact OEA at oeamail@dpi.wi.gov.

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