ESSA Boot Camp: Advancing Education Equity and Excellence
“ESSA Boot Camp I: Advocating for Equity and Achievement” is the first part of a 2-part boot camp series on how to advocate for school accountability systems that expect and support improved academic outcomes for all groups of students, especially low-income students, students of color, students with disabilities, and English learners. The goal of these boot camps is to prepare advocates to demand a well-designed accountability system that shines a light on educational disparities, and prevents schools and districts from sweeping underperformance — for all students or for individual student groups — under the rug.
During this first boot camp, participants will explore these questions: What information should be used to measure school performance? Which indicators should be used to identify schools that are doing especially well for all groups of students and ones that need to improve? Which measures aren’t helpful for this purpose, and why?
Tuesday, September 27 |
| Welcome Ryan Smith, The Education Trust-West |
| Plenary Session: The Urgency of Now Kati Haycock, The Education Trust Panel:
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| Plenary Session: Measuring School Performance Natasha Ushomirsky, The Education Trust Discussants:
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| State Working Group Huddle |
| Breakout Sessions: Indicator Deep Dives
English-Language Proficiency Individual Student Growth College and Career Readiness Discipline and School Climate Attendance and Chronic Absenteeism |
| State Working Groups: What information should we measure? How should we use it? |
| Broad-Based Advocacy in Tennessee Panel:
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| Wrap Up and Look Ahead to Tomorrow |
Wednesday, September 28 |
| Welcome and What to Expect Today |
| State Working Groups: Reflection and Planning |
| Plenary Session: Playing the Inside and Outside Game in California Panel:
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| State Working Groups: Influencing ESSA implementation |
| Working Lunch: Where do we go from here? |
